World Affairs and Policies Quiz

A policy of staying out of world affairs.

• Expansionism

• Racism

• Isolationism

• Open Door Policy

A policy of powerful countries seeking to control the economic and political affairs of weaker countries or regions.

• Imperialism

• Moral Diplomacy

• Racism

• Isolationism

The belief that one race is superior to another.

• Expansionism

• Racism

• Open Door Policy

• Moral Diplomacy

A policy issued by Secretary of State John Hay in 1899 that allowed a nation to trade in any other nation’s sphere of influence in China.

• Open Door Policy

• Isolationism

• Expansionism

• Moral Diplomacy

A policy of extending a nation's boundaries.

• Racism

• Expansionism

• Moral Diplomacy

• Isolationism

News reporting, often biased or untrue, that relies on sensational stories and headlines.

• Platt Amendment

• Yellow Journalism

• Roosevelt Corollary

• Moral Diplomacy

A statement that the United States had a right to intervene in Latin America to preserve law and order.

• Roosevelt Corollary

• Platt Amendment

• Moral Diplomacy

• Yellow Journalism

President Wilson's policy of condemning imperialism, spreading democracy, and promoting peace.

• Moral Diplomacy

• Open Door Policy

• Expansionism

• Isolationism

The war between Spain and the United States in 1898.

• Mexican-American War

• Spanish-American War

• Platt Amendment

• Roosevelt Corollary

1902 change to the Cuban constitution that allowed the United States to intervene in Cuba.

• Roosevelt Corollary

• Platt Amendment

• Yellow Journalism

• Moral Diplomacy