BIG STICK & POWER
This phrase meant Roosevelt preferred peaceful negotiation but believed in being ready to use force.
What is “Speak softly and carry a big stick”?
These are the two oceans connected by the Panama Canal.
What are the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean?
In imperialism, this means helping or keeping people safe.
What is protection?
In this unit, this word refers to actions that affected people inside the United States.
What is home?
This was Roosevelt’s plan to be fair to workers, businesses, consumers, and the environment.
What is the Square Deal?
Roosevelt believed this could stop other nations from challenging the United States.
What is showing strength or power?
This was the main reason the United States wanted to build the Panama Canal.
What is to make trade faster and move ships more quickly?
In imperialism, this means taking power away from others.
What is control?
In this unit, this word refers to actions that affected people outside the United States.
What is abroad?
This is one group that benefited from the Square Deal.
This is one group that benefited from the Square Deal.
This policy explains why the U.S. used military power to influence countries in Latin America.
What is the Big Stick Policy?
This action allowed the United States to gain the right to build the canal.
What is supporting Panama’s independence from Colombia?
This U.S. action is often described as protection under Roosevelt.
What is preventing European involvement in the Western Hemisphere?
This is an example of an action Roosevelt took that affected people at home.
What is protecting consumers, conserving land, or breaking up trusts?
This Square Deal category focused on protecting land and natural resources.
What is conservation?
Roosevelt believed this would prevent conflict before it started.
What is strong nations being less likely to be challenged?
This idea best describes why some people say the Panama Canal showed U.S. power.
What is control?
This U.S. action is often described as control under Roosevelt.
What is controlling the Panama Canal or intervening in Latin America?
This is an example of an action Roosevelt took that affected people abroad.
What is controlling the Panama Canal or intervening in Latin America?
Roosevelt believed this was the government’s role when powerful groups acted unfairly.
What is stepping in to regulate businesses?