Chapter 8: America Builds an Empire

Chapter 8: America Builds an Empire
Mastering the TEKS in United States History Since 1877

Check Your Understanding section (pgs. 151-53)

1. The cartoon shows that actions if President Roosevelt...
    A. securing an area for building a canal
2. Critics of the actions shown in this cartoon claimed President Roosevelt was...
    G. wrongfully instigating a revolution in Panama
3. What was the primary reason for the establishment of the open door policy?
    A. to protect U.S. trade in China
4. Which conclusion can best be drawn from these three headlines?
    J. U.S. territorial expansion occurred across in the Pacific Ocean
5. In the late 19th and 20th centuries, the United States became involved in Latin America primarily to...
    B. protect its economic interests
6. Which geographic factor played a key role in the construction of the Panama canal?
    G. heavy rains and mountainous terrain led to frequent mud slides
7. President Roosevelt's big stick policy was closely associated with...
    D. intervention in the affairs of Latin American nations
8. As a result of the Spanish American war, the united stated saw the need to build the Panama Canal because...
    H. the UH navy could then move more quickly between oceans
9. The Spanish American was marked a turning point in American foreign policy because the us...
    B. emerged as a new world power
10. The headline in this newspaper are an example of -
      F. yellow journalism
11. This publication and similar news stories encouraged the U.S. Congress to...
     A. declare war on Spain
12. Which foreign policy sought to further American interest ms in Latin America by using the financial power of American business wealth?
     J. Dollar diplomacy
13. Which two influential individuals are described in Colima A and B?
     B. Afred Thayer Mahan and Sandford B. Dole
14. Which overseas action most clearly illustrated the use if the "Roosevelt Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine?
     J. the collection of debts owed by the Dominican Rebpublic

Beneath the pdf contains answers pertaining to pgs. 135-150.