Which of the following kept the United States from being totally isolated from world affairs?

-expansion of foreign trade and investments by American merchants and businessmen

-placement of troops in Mexico by the Spanish

-American tolerance for Cuban independence

-placement of troops in Cuba by the French.

Which of the following permitted French Canadians the right to retain their language, law, and customs and to practice freely their Roman Catholic religion?

-British North America Act

-Monroe Doctring

-Quebec Act

-Roosevelt Corollary

The Quebec Act in 1774 did all of the following except

-allow the French to retain their landguage

-temporarily pacify the French Canadians

-prohibit Roman Catholic Worship

-allow the French to retain their laws.

Which of the following declared Brazil independent and became its emperor?

-Simon Bolivar

-Jose de San Martin

-Maximillian

-Dom Pedre

In general terms, Latin American nations experienced all of the following problems except

-political instability

-economic weakness

-weakness of the Roman Catholic church

-racial disunity

Which of the following is not true concerning African slave trade?

-The Spanish imported black slaves from Africa to the  New World because their survival rate was better than that of the Indians.

-About eighty percent of all slaves brought to the New World arrived between 1700 and 1850.

-The European slave traders captured the Aricans themselves to ensure that they had the most physically fit slaves.

-About one-fourth of all slaves who left Africa died during the voyage across the Atlantic.

Yes or No

The United States waged war with Mexico (1846-1848) and gained much of the southwest territory.

Yes or No

The territory of the United States more than doubled during the 1800s.

Yes or No

Frontier states of the United States did not enter the union on an equal basis with the original colonies.

Yes or No

The United States has historically favored alliances with European powers.

Yes or No

The British were the first to settle in South Africa.

Yes or No

Latin American countries experienced great instability in government after gaining their independence.

Yes or No

Latin America became a leading industrial region during the nineteenth century.

Yes or No

The British East India Company became the dominant authority in Egype after the Battle of Plassey in 1757.

Yes or No

The immediate cause of the Sepoy Mutiny was the introduction of new rifle cartridges.

Yes or No

Japan's loss to China in the Sino-Japanese War forced Japan to grant more trade concessions to the West.

Yes or No

The United States was the first Western country ever to sign a treaty with Japan.

Yes or No

European slave traders usually captured the slaves themselves.

Yes or No

Italy was the first European nation to seek an African empire.

Yes or No

Asian countries were very thankful for most of the Western reforms Europe brought.

Yes or No

Imperialism's most outstanding benefit to native populations was the missionary outreach.