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| When the United States annexed Puerto Rico, the intent was |
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| to rule the island and its inhabitants. |
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| The United States secured the right to build the Panama Canal by dealing with the |
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| director of the French company from which it bought rights to the canal. |
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| Which of the following does not help to explain the U.S. emergence from its relative isolation in the late 19th Century? |
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| military maneuvers in Europe |
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| Secretary of State John Hay's Open Door Note of 1900 called for |
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| respect for the government and territory of China. |
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| The "Roosevelt Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine |
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| formalized behavior that the United States was already practicing. |
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| William Howard Taft's foreign policy favored |
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| assertion of commercial and economic influence in other countries. |
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| built upon the Monroe Doctrine. |
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| William McKinley ordered the Maine into Havana's harbor in order to |
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| protect U.S. citizens in Cuba. |
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| Spanish minister to Washington, Depuy de Lome outraged U.S. public opinion when he |
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| insulted President McKinley. |
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| As an imperial power, the United States successfully |
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| expanded its military and economic influence in Asia and the Western Hemisphere. |
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| In the Insular Cases, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the mechanism used to control |
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| In 1900, the "Boxer Rebellion" in China |
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| was a nationalist uprising. |
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| "Yellow journalism" or the "yellow press" |
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| featured shocking and sensational stories designed to appeal to a mass audience. |
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| All of the following were conditions of the Platt Amendment except that Cuba |
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| could not impose tariffs on U.S. imports. |
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| U.S. newspaper accounts of the Cuban-Spanish conflict |
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| created a ground swell of support for Cuba. |
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| The U.S. treatment of the Philippines after 1898 can be described as similar to |
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| Spain's relationship with Cuba. |
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| Theodore Roosevelt's foreign policy included |
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| U.S. military action to maintain order and control, often at the expense of social justice. |
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| U.S. foreign policy in the Western Hemisphere after 1900 was |
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| aggressive¾geared toward expanding American influence |
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| The Teller Amendment declared |
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| that the United States would not use war to acquire Cuban territory. |
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| was built without any real consent by the Panamanian people. |
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| When the Colombian legislature rejected as insufficient President Roosevelt's offer for the canal zone, Roosevelt |
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| encouraged Panamanians to revolt against Colombia. |
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| In his "gentleman's agreement" with the Japanese, President Roosevelt agreed to |
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| end anti-Japanese discrimination. |
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| was short and successful for the United States. |
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| Following the Spanish American War Cuba |
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| became economically dependent on the United States. |
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| Theodore Roosevelt won the Nobel Peace Prize for which of the following? |
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| negotiating between Russia and Japan to end their war. |
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