BIG STICK & POWER
PANAMA CANAL
CATEGORY: PROTECTION VS. CONTROL
HOME VS. ABROAD
THE SQUARE DEAL
100

This phrase meant Roosevelt preferred peaceful negotiation but believed in being ready to use force.

What is “Speak softly and carry a big stick”?

100

These are the two oceans connected by the Panama Canal.

What are the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean?

100

In imperialism, this means helping or keeping people safe.

What is protection?

100

In this unit, this word refers to actions that affected people inside the United States.

What is home?

100

This was Roosevelt’s plan to be fair to workers, businesses, consumers, and the environment.

What is the Square Deal?

200

Roosevelt believed this could stop other nations from challenging the United States.

What is showing strength or power?

200

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?

200

In imperialism, this means taking power away from others.

What is control?

200

In this unit, this word refers to actions that affected people outside the United States.

What is abroad?

200

This is one group that benefited from the Square Deal.

This is one group that benefited from the Square Deal.

300

This policy explains why the U.S. used military power to influence countries in Latin America.

What is the Big Stick Policy?

300

This action allowed the United States to gain the right to build the canal.

What is supporting Panama’s independence from Colombia?

300

This U.S. action is often described as protection under Roosevelt.

What is preventing European involvement in the Western Hemisphere?

300

This is an example of an action Roosevelt took that affected people at home.

What is protecting consumers, conserving land, or breaking up trusts?

300

This Square Deal category focused on protecting land and natural resources.

What is conservation?

400

Roosevelt believed this would prevent conflict before it started.

What is strong nations being less likely to be challenged?

400

This idea best describes why some people say the Panama Canal showed U.S. power.

What is control?

400

This U.S. action is often described as control under Roosevelt.

What is controlling the Panama Canal or intervening in Latin America?

400

This is an example of an action Roosevelt took that affected people abroad.

What is controlling the Panama Canal or intervening in Latin America?

400

Roosevelt believed this was the government’s role when powerful groups acted unfairly.

What is stepping in to regulate businesses?