Interventionism

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 encouraging and supporting an independence movement in Panama

• By taking advantage of Open Door Policy trade benefits

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

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.

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

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

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

How did the United States government justify most of the actions shown on this map?

• The need to protect Latin America from the threat of communism

• A desire to stop illegal immigration from Latin America

• Threats from Germany after World War I

• The need to protect American interests under the Roosevelt Corollary

Which of the following BEST summarizes the meaning of the political cartoon shown above?

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

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

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

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

Which message is BEST represented in the political cartoon above?

• The United States needed to complete Manifest Destiny.

• The United States needed to concentrate on domestic social issues.

• The United States needed to acquire new foreign territories.

• The United States needed to continue a policy of isolationism.