NAME ________________________________   Team

Packet Six   Quick Quiz 2           

Directions:  Answer each of the following questions.

_____1.  Washington’s Farewell Address and the Monroe Doctrine both supported…
		a. a foreign policy of imperialism
		b. a foreign policy of isolationism
		c. entering the Spanish American War
		d. acquiring new territories in the Pacific

______2.  After 1854, Japan agreed to
		a. trade with the United States
		b. stop trading with the United States
		c. help the United States take territory in China
		d. become isolated from the rest of the world

______3. Which of the following best describes American foreign traded between 1830 and 1915?
a.	foreign trade went down
b.	foreign trade went up
c.	foreign trade stayed
d.	America stopped having foreign trade during that time period

______4.  The Open Door policy
		a. ended trade with China
		b. caused the United States to take over part of China permanently
		c. kept other nation from blocking American trade with China
		d. made China a colony of America

______5.  Why was the United States interested in taking control of islands in the middle of the Pacific?
a.	our cities were too crowded and we needed more room
b.	we needed harbors for our steamships
c.	we wanted to islands that were close European Ports
d.	we wanted to stay isolated

_______6.  One CAUSE of the Spanish American War was 
a.	the Boxer Rebellion
b.	Spain tried to give us the island of Cuba
c.	the Treaty of Kanagawa
d.	the sinking of the USS Maine

________7.   Which of the following is NOT true about the Panama Canal?
a.	it made isolationism stronger
b.	it connected the Atlantic and Pacific ocean
c.	it helped us move our Navy  quicker
d.	it increased our role in Latin America

________8.   According to the Roosevelt Corollary, the United States….
a.	had the right to send troops to Europe
b.	could send soldiers into Latin American countries 
c.	had to pay Spain for damages during the War
d.	promised never to intervene in other countries problems

_________9.  President Taft wanted American bankers to invest in Latin America.  He thought it was in the nations interest to use trade rather than warships to expand our influence.  This was called 
a.	the Monroe Doctrine
b.	Moral Diplomacy
c.	The Roosevelt Corollary
d.	Dollar Diplomacy

__________10. Which of the following is true about America by 1914?
a.	American was becoming a global power
b.	America was weaker than it was in 1814
c.	American did not control any territories outside of the Continental United States
d.	American no longer traded with other nations of the world.

PART II  Choose FOUR of the following terms and tell why or how they were important to United States foreign policy.

Liliuokalani           Great White Fleet        Matthew Perry        John Hay
     Samoa                    John J Pershing               San Juan Hill        George Dewey
Yellow journalism         Platt Amendment                  William Gorges     William Seward