Foreign Policy after the Spanish-American War

After a school debate on global economics, Zoe argued that the main reason for the U.S. adopting Imperialism after the Spanish-American War was:

• To spread democracy

• To find new markets

• To promote peace

• To end foreign influence

What was the purpose of the Open Door Policy?

• To end the Boxer Rebellion

• To promote Chinese nationalism

• To close trade with China

• To ensure equal trading opportunities in China

What did the Platt Amendment allow the U.S. to do?

• Annex Cuba

• Supervise Cuban affairs and lease Guantanamo Bay

• Control the Panama Canal

• End European influence in Latin America

What was Roosevelt's Big Stick diplomacy primarily aimed at?

• Promoting democracy in Europe

• Keeping European countries out of the Western Hemisphere

• Ending the Boxer Rebellion

• Encouraging U.S. investments in Asia

Aiden and Maya were discussing the main goal of Dollar Diplomacy in their history class. What was the main goal of Dollar Diplomacy?

• To promote democracy in Latin America

• To protect American investments in Latin America

• To end foreign influence in China

• To support the Panamanian revolt

Mia and Mason were working on a history project about the Panama Canal. They discovered that the U.S. acquired the rights to build the canal. How did this happen?

• By signing a treaty with Colombia

• By annexing Panama

• By supporting a Panamanian revolt against Colombia

• By purchasing the land from Colombia

What was the significance of the Monroe Doctrine in U.S. foreign policy?

• It encouraged U.S. expansion into Asia

• It supported European alliances in Latin America

• It declared the Western Hemisphere off-limits to new European colonization

• It promoted European colonization in the Americas

How did the U.S. justify its intervention in Latin American countries during the early 20th century?

• By promoting cultural exchange

• By enforcing the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine

• By seeking new territories for colonization

• By supporting European powers

Lily and Samuel were discussing the main objective of the U.S. in acquiring territories like Puerto Rico and Guam after the Spanish-American War. What was the main objective?

• To integrate them as U.S. states

• To promote local governance and independence

• To establish military bases and expand strategic influence

• To end European trade in the Pacific

What was the primary purpose of the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine?

• To promote European colonization in the Americas

• To justify U.S. intervention in Latin American countries

• To encourage trade with Asia

• To support European alliances in Latin America