The United States and Latin America Quiz

Analyze the various reasons for building the canal in Panama and determine which motivation best aligned with Roosevelt’s foreign policy goals.

• Reducing travel time aligned with Roosevelt’s goal of strengthening U.S. global influence.

• It would block other countries from having access to the Pacific Ocean. 

• It would allow the United States to acquire more territory by annexing Panama. 

• It would be an inexpensive construction project that could be completed quickly. 

   

In order to link the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and reduce travel time for commercial and military transport, the United States built a canal across ___?

• Cuba

• Panama

• Coloumbia

• Venezuela

Critique the implications of the Roosevelt Corollary on Latin America by analyzing whether it led to cooperation or conflict in the region.

• It increased U.S. involvement, which led to greater resentment from Latin American countries.

• It increased U.S. involvement, which led to stronger alliances with Latin American countries.

• It decreased U.S. involvement, which led to greater resentment from Latin American countries.

• It decreased U.S. involvement, which led to stronger alliances with Latin American countries.

Evaluate the effectiveness of dollar diplomacy as a policy tool in Latin America, considering its economic and political impact on the region.

• The United States refused to intervene in the affairs of Latin America.

• The United States policed the wrongdoings of nations in Latin America.

• The United States used economic means to influence Latin American governments.

• The United States aimed to promote and protect democracy in Latin America.

Analyze the role of dollar diplomacy in shaping U.S. foreign policy, and justify why this approach was used during this presidency.

• James Monroe

• Woodrow Wilson

• William Howard Taft

• Theodore Roosevelt

The __________ warned that the United States would police wrongdoings by Latin American nations, which led to great resentment from Latin American countries.

• Monroe Doctrine

• Teller Amendment

• Roosevelt Corollary

• Neutrality Proclamation

Roosevelt wanted to take over building the Panama Canal because he hoped it would​ (a)  

• make travel from Atlantic-Pacific more efficient
• increase the number of nations the U.S. controlled
• create a wider ranger of markets to trade with

President Teddy Roosevelt used his Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine to support the building of

• The Erie Canal
• The Southern border processing center for immigration.
• the Latin American Bank of the U.S.
• The Panama Canal

The Panama Canal connected which two oceans?

• Pacific

• Atlantic

• Arctic

• Indian

The right of the U.S. to act as the police power in the Western Hemisphere/Latin America was part of 

• The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine.
• The Platt Amendment
• The Roosevelt-Huerra Treaty