America as a World Power

In the late 1800s, the United States became an imperialist nation when it

• acquired overseas territories
• declared its neutrality
• formed military alliances
• reduced trade with other nations

A major reason the United States wanted to build the Panama Canal was to

• improve United States relations with Latin America
• increase trade with England
• protect United States citizens living in South America
• shorten the sea route between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts

Which overseas action most clearly demonstrates the use of Theodore Roosevelt’s Big Stick foreign policy?

• purchase of Alaska from Russia
• declaration of war against Germany in 1917
• seizure of the Hawaiian Islands
• support of the Panamanian revolt

The practice of using U.S. businesses and economic aid to influence foreign governments and achieve U.S. goals in Latin America is known as 

• imperialism.
• dollar diplomacy.
• isolationism.
• the big stick.

The Monroe Doctrine, the Roosevelt Corollary, and the Good Neighbor policy all shaped United States relations with

• Latin America
• the Middle East
• Asia
• Africa

What was the name given to Taft's foreign policy?

• Dollar Diplomacy

• Big Stick

• Moral Diplomacy

• Taft Corollary

Which policy gave US the right to be the "policemen of the Western Hemisphere"

• Roosevelt Corollary

• Good Neighbor Policy

• Open Door Policy

• Marshall Plan

Who won a nobel peace prize for mediating between Russia & Japan

• William McKinley
• Teddy Roosevelt
• William H. Taft
• Woodrow Wilson

Mexican Rebels

• Marti & Aguinaldo
• Villa & Zapata
• Villa & Marti
• Aguinaldo & Zapata

Who was sent to capture Pancho Villa?

• General Pershing
• General Weylar
• General Roosevelt
• General Rains