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Question 1

Open Door Policy

Answer 1

A policy proposed by the US in 1899, under which ALL nations would have equal opportunities to trade in China. Other imperialist nations rejected this.

Question 2

The Great White Fleet (1907)

Answer 2

16 American battleships, painted white, sent around the world to display American naval power.

Question 3

Big Stick Diplomacy (Roosevelt)

Answer 3

Diplomatic policy developed by T.R where the “big stick” symbolizes his power and readiness to use military force if necessary. It is a way of intimidating countries without actually harming them and was the basis of U.S. imperialistic foreign policy.

Question 4

Dollar Diplomacy (Taft)

Answer 4

Foreign policy created under President Taft that had the U.S. exchanging financial support ($) for the right to “help” countries make decisions about trade and other commercial ventures. Basically it was exchanging money for political influence in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Question 5

Moral Diplomacy (Wilson)

Answer 5

Foreign policy of President Woodrow Wilson. Wilson hoped to influence and control other countries through economic pressure, refusing to support non-democratic countries. Helped with the advancement of human rights in Latin America.

Question 6

Sphere of Influence

Answer 6

A foreign region in which a nation has control over trade and other economic activities.

Question 7

Panama Canal

Answer 7

The United States built the Panama Canal to have a quicker passage to the Pacific from the Atlantic and vice versa. It cost $400,000,000 to build. Columbians would not let Americans build the canal, but then with the assistance of the United States a Panamanian Revolution occurred.

Question 8

Roosevelt Corollary

Answer 8

Roosevelt’s 1904 extension of the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the United States has the right to protect its economic interests in South And Central America by using military force.