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American Imperialism

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  • 1. Multiple Choice
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    If a nation shows that it knows how to act with reasonable efficiency and decency in social and political matters, if it keeps order and pays its obligations, it need fear no interference from the United States. Chronic wrongdoing . . . may . . . ultimately require some intervention by some civilized nation, and in the Western Hemisphere the adherence of the United States to the Monroe Doctrine may force the United States, however reluctantly, in flagrant cases of such wrongdoing . . ., to the exercise of an international police power.
    —President Theodore Roosevelt, Annual Message to Congress, December 6, 1904
    According to President Roosevelt, which of the following actions in Latin America could be justified?
    civil wars aimed at replacing repressive political leaders
    the establishment of new colonies by European countries
    U.S. military intervention to ensure the payment of debts
    communist revolution in reaction against economic inequality
  • 2. Multiple Choice
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    "I took the Canal and let Congress debate."
    -Theodore Roosevelt

    What does this quote best demonstrate? 
    an effort by a President to maintain a policy of isolationism
    a decline in the use of militarism as a defense policy
    an increased reliance on the legislative process
    a Presidential action that achieved a foreign policy objective
  • 3. Multiple Choice
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    Prior to 1890, United States businesses made few foreign investments mainly because of which statement below?
    state governments discouraged foreign investments 
    foreign investments were prohibited by Congress
    foreign nations did not accept investments from United States businesses
    investment opportunities were better in the United States
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