Multiple Choice 1
limited Cuba's right to make treaties and permitted US involvement in Cuban affairs
a. Platt Amendment
b. yellow journalism
c. Teller Amendment
a. Platt Amendment
The Teller Amendment limited Cuba's right to make treaties and permitted US involvement in Cuban affairs.
false Platt Amendment
Areas where foreign nations control trade and natural resources are called ____
spheres of influence
_____ waterway linking Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
Panama Canal
Why did President Roosevelt propose the Roosevelt Corollary?
European nations had gone against the Monroe Doctrine.
exaggerated news stories to attract readers
a. Joseph Pulitzer
b. yellow journalism
c. Emilio Aguinaldo
b. yellow journalism
The Teller Amendment stated that the US had no interest in taking control of Cuba.
True
_____ arrived in Japan in 1853, and a year later convinced the Japanese to open trade with the US.
Mathew Perry
_____ a Filipino rebel leader who took control of the Philippine capital, Manila, with the help of the US reinforcements
Emilio Aguinaldo
The United States sought to open Japan's trade markets in the mid-1800 because it...
a.Wanted to secure trade agreements with Japan
b. Wanted to establish military bases in Japan
c.Saw a chance to sell telegraph and railroad equipment to the Japanese.
a. Wanted to secure trade agreements with Japan
Why did President Roosevelt propose the Roosevelt Corollary?
a. European nations had gone against the Monroe Doctrine.
b. European nations were considering using using force to collect debuts from American nations.
b.European nations were considering using using force to collect debuts from American nations.
Woodrow Wilson rejected Taft's dollar diplomacy because he believed it would hurt the US economy.
false, the US had a moral obligation to promote democracy in Latin America.
After the death of her brother, ______ proposed a new constitution that would return power to the Hawaiian monarchy, causing a revolt.
Queen Liliulokalani
_____ a military general ordered by Woodrow Wilson to capture Francisco "Pancho" Villa affairs.
John J Pershing
The US helped the Hawaiian sugar industry to prosper in the 1870s by...
Allowing duty-free sugar shipment to he US
What territories did the United States acquire in 1867?
a. Alaska and Hawaii
b. Hawaii and the Midway Islands
c. The Midway Islands and Alaska
c. The Midway Islands and Alaska
The Mexican Revolution was started because of a revolt against a harsh dictator.
True
_____ arranged the purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867.
William H Steward
______ introduced dollar diplomacy, the practice of influencing government through economic, not military, intervention.
William H Taft
The Anti-Imperialist League stood against...
The territorial expansion of the United States
his New York published sensational stories that led to American support for Cuba.
a. William McKinley
b. Joseph Pulitzer
c. William H steward
b. Joseph Pulitzer
Lack of food and water for the workers was an obstacle to the construction of he Panama Canal?
false, Tropicale diseases such as malaria and yellow fever
President Roosevelt helped Panamanian rebels throw off Columbian rule because Columbia's leader would not allow the US to lease _____ for a canal.
isthmus of Panama
_____ warned that in cases of 'wrongdoing" by Latin American countries, the United States might exercise "international police power"
Theodore Roosevelt
The Mexican Revolution was started because of...
A revolt against a harsh dictator