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Chapter 18 Quiz
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1.
Date:
United States foreign policies toward Latin
America during the early 20th century resulted in
3.
a) a lasting resentment and distrust of the United
States
a) established many foreign-aid programs
b) obtained overseas colonies
b) long periods of economic prosperity in most
Latin American nations
c) abandoned the principles of the Monroe
Doctrine
c) a period of little economic involvement with
the United States
d) settled disputed by relying on international
peace organizations
d) the establishment of stable democratic
governments in Latin American nations
2.
One major result of the Spanish-American War
was that the United States
Which belief was the basis of President Theodore
Roosevelt's foreign policy in the Western
Hemisphere?
4.
a) The United States can intervene in the Western
Hemisphere to protect political stability and
American interests.
In a United States history textbook, one chapter
discusses the Maine, yellow journalism, Admiral
Dewy, and Cuba. This chapter most likely
concerns
a) Manifest Destiny
b) Each nation in the Western Hemisphere is
entitled to full respect for its sovereign rights.
b) the Spanish-American War
c) World War I
c) The Monroe Doctrine has outlived its
usefulness and should be ignored
d) the Good Neighbor policy
d) European nations should be allowed to protect
their interests in the Western Hemisphere.
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5.
The Roosevelt Corollary modi ed the original
Monroe Doctrine by stating that
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a) European nations may increase their trade in
Latin America
The Constitution rides behind
And the Big Stick rides before,
Which is the rule of precedent
in the reign of Theodore.
This rhyme from the early 1900's suggests that
President Theodore Roosevelt
b) European nations could begin new colonization
in the Western Hemisphere
a) relied heavily on the advice of his Cabinet and
Congress
c) United States intervention in the internal a airs
of Latin American nations may be necessary
b) failed to make adequate use of executive power
d) the United States should establish military
bases in Europe
c) developed strong foreign policies but neglected
domestic needs
d) ignored democratic principles in carrying out
foreign policy
6.
Which statement best describes President Theodore
Roosevelt's foreign policy position toward Latin
America in the early 1900's?
8.
a) The United States should reduce its involvement
in Latin American a airs.
President Theodore Roosevelt's Latin American
policy was based on his belief that the
a) United States should intervene when necessary
to protect its interest in Latin America
b) The Monroe Doctrine permits the United
States to intervene actively in a airs of Latin
American nations.
b) Monroe Doctrine should be abandoned
c) Latin American nations should form an
organization to help them achieve political and
economic stability.
c) sovereign rights of other nations should be
respected
d) United States and European nations should
work together to improve Latin America's
economic conditions
d) The United States should give large amounts of
nancial aid to help the poor of Latin America.
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9.
From 1900 to 1915, a basic aim of United States
foreign policy was to
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a) develop close economic ties with African
nations
a) reducing the number of immigrants from Latin
America to the United States
b) oppose revolutionary movements in western
Europe
b) encouraging the independence and sovereignty
of Latin American nations
c) promote United States in uence in Latin
America
c) cooperating with Great Britain to solve
problems in Latin America
d) prevent the spread of communism in western
Europe and Asia
10.
d) expanding its interests in Latin America
During the late 19th and early 20th centuries,
United States policy toward Latin America was
most strongly characterized by
13.
Early in the 20th century, Presidents William Taft
and Woodrow Wilson used the concept of dollar
diplomacy to
a) friendship and trust
a) help European nations avoid war
b) intervention and paternalism
b) expand United States in uence in China
c) tolerance and humanitarianism
c) protect United States investments in Latin
America
d) indi erence and neglect
11.
The Platt Amendment, the Roosevelt Corollary,
and dollar diplomacy are evidence of a United
States policy of
d) support welfare programs for immigrants to the
United States
The major objective of United States foreign policy
toward Latin America during the period from 1900
to 1920 was to
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a) improve the standard of living of the people in
Latin America
b) support land reform throughout the Western
Hemisphere
The principal that the United States has the
right to act as the “policeman of the Western
Hemisphere” and intervene in the internal a airs
of Latin American nations was established by the
a) Good Neighbor policy
b) Open Door policy
c) protect the human rights of native peoples in
Latin America
c) Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
d) serve as protector and police o cer in the
Western Hemisphere
d) Marshall Plan
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15.
Base your answer(s) to the following question(s)
on the cartoon below and on your knowledge of
social studies.
17.
Which statement best summarizes President
Theodore Roosevelt's views about conservation?
a) Environmental issues are best decided by the
private sector.
b) Unlimited access to natural resources is the key
to business growth.
c) Wilderness areas and their resources should be
protected for the public good.
d) Decisions about the use of natural resources
should be left to the states.
The primary goal of the United States foreign
policy referred to in the cartoon was to
a) build United States factories in the Caribbean
region
b) improve relations with Caribbean nations
18.
c) provide defense for nations in the Caribbean
d) protect United States interests in the Caribbean
region
“U.S. Sponsors Panamanian Revolution” (1903)
“U.S. Establishes Military Rule in Dominican
Republic” (1916)
“CIA Supports Overthrow of Guatemala Regime”
(1954)
These headlines suggest that
a) United States interests in Latin America have
often led to intervention
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b) the United States is willing to ght to maintain
the independence of Latin American nations
A primary aim of the United States Open Door
Policy was to
c) Latin American nations have declared war on
the United States several times
a) encourage the Chinese to emigrate to other
nations
d) Latin American nations are able to run their
governments without United States help
b) prevent European powers from dividing up
China
c) develop China's industrial capacity
d) introduce democratic government into China
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19.
A goal of President Theodore Roosevelt's Big
Stick policy and President William Howard Taft's
Dollar Diplomacy policy toward Latin America
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a) join Western Hemisphere nations in a military
alliance
The Spanish-American War (1898) marked a
turning point in United States foreign policy
because the United States
a) developed a plan for peaceful coexistence
b) emerged as a major world power
b) protect American economic and political
interests
c) pledged neutrality in future European con icts
c) encourage foreign nations to establish colonies
d) refused to become a colonial power
d) raise Latin America's standard of living
20.
The Panamanian revolt, the Russo-Japanese war,
and the creation of the national parks system
occurred during the presidency of
a) William McKinley
b) Woodrow Wilson
c) Herbert Hoover
d) Theodore Roosevelt
23.
A major purpose of both the Chinese Exclusion
Act (1882) and the Gentlemen's Agreement with
Japan (1907) was to
a) limit immigration of certain ethnic groups
b) enrich America's cultural diversity
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c) treat all Asian and European immigrants
equally
By proclaiming the Open Door policy in 1899, the
United States was attempting to
d) relocate Asians displaced by war
a) keep Japan from attacking and colonizing
China
b) increase trade between Russia and the United
States
c) ensure equal trading opportunities in China
d) prevent European countries from colonizing the
Western Hemisphere
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24.
Base your answer(s) to the following question(s)
on the newspaper headlines below and on your
knowledge of social studies.
25.
The establishment of the Open Door policy
(1899–1900) and the response to the Boxer
Rebellion (1900) showed that the United States
wanted to
a) curb Russian expansion
b) gain access to Chinese markets
c) build factories in the Far East
d) limit Asian immigration to the United States
The headlines in this newspaper are an example of
a) yellow journalism
b) investigative reporting
c) muckraking literature
d) government censorship
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