vus.9-10 Quiz Review

What US President was most influential in starting the Panama Canal?

• FDR
• JFK
• Teddy Roosevelt
• Taft

Teddy Roosevelt's idea that if diplomacy fails with a nation, we will use our military to get our way

• Big Stick Diplomacy

• Dollar Diplomacy

• Latin American Policy

• Missionary Diplomacy

What was the immediate cause of the Spanish American War?

• Explosion of the USS Maine

• Yellow Journalism

• Sympathy for Cubans

• Atrocities of Spanish generals in Cuba

Dollar Diplomacy: How did this help America?

• The US intervened in Latin America and helped US businesses.

• The US intervened in Asia and increased the sugar trade.

Why was the building of the Panama canal so important?

• It reduced the spread of communism in Latin American countries.

• It resulted in the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement.

• It reduced travel times between the Pacific & Atlantic Oceans (+ for trade)

• Created tension between the US & Latin American countries over immigration

Imperialism is __________.

• when a powerful nation uses its resources to help a weaker nation
• when a weaker nation invites a powerful nation to help it industrialize
• when a powerful nation takes control of the economy and government of a weaker nation
• when weak nations join together to fight a strong nation

The _______________ was a foreign policy statement issued in 1823 stating that the U.S. would oppose any intervention by European nations to control nations in the Western Hemisphere.

• Monroe Doctrine

• Articles of Confederation

• Mayflower Compact

• Treaty of Paris

The _______________ was a volunteer regiment that served during the Spanish-American War and was organized by future president ______________ .

• Rough Riders; Franklin Delano Roosevelt

• Tuskegee Airmen; Theodore Roosevelt

• Progressive Party; William Taft

• Rough Riders; Theodore Roosevelt

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

Who said America wanted to "make the world safe for democracy?"

• Ronald Reagan

• Woodrow Wilson

• William Howard Taft

• Theodore Roosevelt