Foreign Diplomacy

The process of stronger nations controlling weaker nations in the late 1800s was known as --

• Manifest Destiny.
• the Gilded Age.
• Progressivism.
• imperialism.

Last class, we said that the US was interested in three areas. Which ones?

• Latin America

• Asia

• The Pacific

• Europe

• Africa

The US's "Open Door" policy pushed for the USA to have free trade with --

• China

• the Philippines

• Cuba

• Hawaii

The US's "Open Door" policy was the brain-child of Secretary of State -

• John Hay

• William Seward

• James Wilson

• Booker T. Washington

Big Stick Diplomacy is associated with --

• Taft
• Wilson
• Roosevelt
• McKinley

Where did TR build a canal?

• A
• B
• C
• D

What was the result of the completion of the Panama Canal?

• The Atlantic Ocean was connected to the Pacific Ocean.

• The US gained Panama as a territory.

• The canal linked Cuba with Panama.

• The canal linked the Atlantic Ocean to the Caribbean Sea.

What policy saw the US declare itself to be a "policeman" in the western hemisphere?

• Dollar Diplomacy

• the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine

• Big Stick Diplomacy

• the Taft Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine

William Howard Taft's foreign policy is best summarized as --

• big stick diplomacy
• the corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
• "Peace at any price"
• dollar diplomacy

Woodrow Wilson's foreign policy can best be described as -

• he wanted the US to act in a moral way.

• "speak softly and carry a big stick".

• invest in Latin American economies.

• annexing islands in the Pacific.