USHC 5 Foreign Diplomacy to Start of WWI

What was the intended purpose of the Open Door Policy?

• Develop American-style democratic institutions and practices in China

• Prevent Japan and powerful European nations from locking the United States out of trade monopolies in China

• Establish a strong American military presence on the Chinese mainland

• Support Japanese efforts to industrialize farming and mass production techniques

During the late 19th and early 20th Centuries, what was the strongest motivation for United States intervention in Latin America?

• Protecting its growing foreign investments

• Encouraging trade with Europe

• Putting an end to growing independence movements

• Reducing the influence of Communism

Which foreign policy position was held by both President James Monroe and President Theodore Roosevelt?

• Trade with other nations should be sharply reduced.

• The United States should follow a policy of isolationism.

• The United States should increase its role in Latin American affairs.

• The United States should send troops to aid revolutionary movements in European nations.

According to the newspaper headline above, what war would the United States eventually enter?

• Spanish American War

• World War 1

• Filipino Insurrection

• Annexation of Hawaii

Which early 1900s policy increased the role of the United States from the monitor, to self-appointed "policeman" of the Western Hemisphere?

• Taft's Dollar Diplomacy

• Wilson's Moral Diplomacy

• The Monroe Doctrine

• The Roosevelt Corollary

How did the United States gain control of the land it needed to build the Panama Canal?

• By negotiating a purchase agreement with Colombia

• By invading Colombia and demanding the land as part of a peace treaty

• By taking advantage of Open Door Policy trade benefits

• By encouraging and supporting an independence movement in Panama

During the early 1900s, how did MOST Latin Americans feel about United States involvement in Central and South America?

• Relieved; the United States was providing much-needed protection.

• Resentful; the United States was making unwelcome policy decisions for the region.

• Nervous; the United States made repeated threats to annex parts of South America.

• Happy; United States cotton investments would help the Latin American economy.

According to this cartoon, how does McCutcheon feel about American imperialism in Latin America and the Philippines?

• America should avoid foreign responsibilities by returning to isolationism.

• American intervention was worth the effort because of the positive effects it created.

• American intervention often led to a decline in foreign economies.

• American humanitarian efforts are not appreciated by people meant to be helped.

Why does this cartoon depict Roosevelt carrying his “big stick” through the Caribbean?

• Roosevelt believed a strong military presence in the Caribbean was needed to protect the United States from attack by Latin American nations.

• Roosevelt wanted to seize control of resources available in the Caribbean to promote United States business interests.

• Roosevelt felt that the United States had a moral responsibility to protect citizens from civil unrest in the Caribbean

• Roosevelt believed an aggressive foreign policy was needed to reinforce the Monroe Doctrine and preserve order in the Caribbean nations.

What assumption had to be true in order for America's Open Door Policy to succeed?

• Other foreign countries would have to give up economic control in China.

• All the major powers of the Western Hemisphere would want China to be politically and economically independent.

• Competing countries would have to agree war wasn't necessary because there was room for everyone to trade with China.

• Civilized nations must believe in the equality and freedom of all races.