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The speakers below are discussing foreign policies that the United States has followed at various times. Base your answers on their statements and on your knowledge of social studies. Speaker A: Steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world. Speaker B: The United States will give economic aid to needy countries anywhere in the world, but will not provide military aid. Speaker C: The United States must prevent the growth of communism. Speaker D: The United States can take over other countries to help them become more like us. Which speakers would most likely support a United States foreign policy of intervention • A:A and C • B:A and D • C:B and D • D: C and D $100 Question

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Which factor is most closely associated with the decision of the United States to declare war on Spain in 1898? • A:isolationist policy • B:Labor union pressure • C:Yellow Journalism • D:Unrestricted Submarine Warfare $200 Question

Correct! SCORE You Are Correct! $200 - Newspaper publishers such as Joseph Pulitzer of the New York World and William Randolph Hearst of the New York Journal competed for readers and sales by sensationalizing events and exaggerating accounts of the news in what came to be known as the "Yellow Press" of the late 1800

Yellow journalists created support for the Spanish-American War by writing articles about the: • A:sinking of the United States battleship Maine in Havana Harbor • B:efforts of the United States to control Mexico • C:destruction of United States sugar plantations by Hawaiians • D: political popularity of William Jennings Bryan $300 Question

Correct! SCORE You Are Correct! $300 - News organizations were engaging in yellow journalism before the Spanish-American war as editors exaggerated events to build support for war

The main reason the United States developed the Open Door policy was to: • A:allow the United States to expand its trade with China • B:encourage Chinese workers to come to the United States • C:demonstrate the positive features of democracy to Chinese leaders • D:aid the Chinese Nationalists in their struggle with the Chinese Communists $500 Question

Correct! SCORE You Are Correct! $500 - As European powers divided the trade in Chine into “spheres of influence”, the United States was just beginning to expand her reach and trade into the orient. - The “Open Door Policy” was a declaration by the United States that called for equal, unrestricted trade with China by all nations.

Which foreign policy position was held by both President James Monroe and President Theodore Roosevelt?: • A:Trade with other nations should be sharply reduced. • B:A special relationship should exist between the United States and the nations of Latin America. • C:The United States should follow a policy of isolationism. • D:The United States should send troops to aid revolutionary movements in European nations $1,000 Question

Correct! SCORE $1,000 You Are Correct! - The declaration by Monroe in the Monroe Doctrine of 1823 served to frame US foreign policy and Europe’s role in North America for decades to come

Who was the President of the United States during the Spanish-American War? • A:Theodore Roosevelt • B:Woodrow Wilson • C:William McKinley • D:William H. Taft $2,000 Question

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Involvement in the Spanish-American War, acquisition of Hawaii, and introduction of the Open Door policy in China were actions taken by the United States Government to • A: establish military alliances with other nations • B:begin the policy of manifest destiny • C: gain overseas markets and sources of raw materials • D:support isolationist forces in Congress $4,000 Question

Correct! SCORE $4,000 You Are Correct! - The territories acquired in the Spanish-American war (Puerto Rico, Guam, the Philippines) as well as the annexation of Hawaii served as sources of raw materials as well as markets for finished goods. - At the same time, the United States was just beginning to expand her reach and trade into the orient. The “Open Door Policy” was a declaration by the United States that called for equal, unrestricted trade with China by all nations as a way of gaining access to the Chinese market.

The principle that the United States has the right to act as the "policeman of the Western Hemisphere" and intervene in the internal affairs of Latin American nations was established by the: • A:Good Neighbor policy • B:Open Door policy • C:Marshall Plan • D:Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine $8,000 Question

Correct! SCORE You Are Correct! $8,000 • President Theodore Roosevelt in his Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, in which he reaffirmed a commitment to non-intervention by Europe, but added that active intervention in Latin America by the United States was perfectly acceptable, began an era of active US intervention in Latin America. • - The encouragement of a Panamanian Revolution, the construction of the Panama Canal, the Nicaraguan banking intervention and other events, highlight the active role the US was to take in the internal affairs of Latin American nations.

Early in the 20th century, Presidents William Taft and Woodrow Wilson used the concept of dollar diplomacy to: • A: help European nations avoid war • B:protect United States investments in Latin America • C:expand United States influence in China • D:support welfare programs for immigrants to the United States $16,000 Question

Correct! SCORE $16,000 You Are Correct! - Dollar Diplomacy was the foreign policy of using increasing US influence and control in Latin American and abroad to support US economic interests in those areas.

Throughout United States history, the most important aim of the country’s foreign policy has been: • A:participation in international organizations • B:. advancement of national self-interest • C:containment of communism • D:development of military alliances $32,000 Question

Correct! SCORE You Are Correct! $32,000 -The United States has also focused its overseas activities on the spread of democratic ideals and capitalism economic practices. -These goals not only serve to further the political ideology on which the nation was founded, but also serve to open markets to US goods and services, strengthening the US economy and encouraging international trade.

United States annexation of the Philippines (1898) and military involvement in Vietnam (1960’s and 1970’s) are similar because in each event the United States: • A:demonstrated the strength and success of its military power • B:Put the domino theory into action • C:Achieved its long-range foreign policy objectives • D:provoked domestic debate about its involvement in the internal affairs of other nations $64,000 Question

Correct! SCORE You Are Correct! $64,000 -Shortly after acquisition of the Philippines, a revolution against United States control of the islands was begun. -It became a protracted war against the Filipinos that sparked furious debate within the United States about the conflicts between being an Imperial Power and a Democracy. -This internal questioning of foreign policy is similar to the debates occurring during the US’s involvement in Vietnam.

One important conclusion that can be drawn as a result of the United States experience in both the Spanish-American War (1898) and the Persian Gulf War (1991) is that: • A:the media are a powerful influence in shaping American public opinion toward war • B:. international organizations play a decisive role in determining the outcome of a war • C:the public has little confidence in the ability of the American military • D:only the President should decide issues of war and peace $125,000 Question

Correct! SCORE You Are Correct! $125,000 The role of the “Yellow Press” in helping to bring about the Spanish-American War cannot be overstated. The exaggerations and hyperbole of reports from the Cuban Revolution against Spain were printed daily in the competing papers of Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst. The resulting fervor over the sinking of the USS Maine in Havana, Cuba and the press coverage that followed, all but assured a war with the Spanish. Similarly, during the Gulf War, favorable coverage of the war by the American press, coupled with the lack of actual “on the ground” combat helped to shape public perception and support of the war effort.

Which argument was used to support United States acquisition of overseas possessions in the late 1800’s? : • A:The spread of Marxist ideas had to be stopped because they threatened world peace. • B:The United States needed to obtain raw materials and new markets. • C:The United States should be the first world power to build a colonial empire. • D:The doctrine of Manifest Destiny had become obsolete. $250,000 Question

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The Republican Presidents of the 1920’s generally followed a foreign policy based on • A:collective security • B:Brinkmanship • C:Noninvolvement • D:Militarism $500,000 Question

Correct! SCORE $500,000 You Are Correct! -Following the losses in world war I and the rejection of the Treaty of Versailles by the US Senate, the U.S. entered into an era of protectionism and isolation. -High tariffs discouraged trade and a general unwillingness of the United States to become involved in foreign nation’s affairs.

TWhich United States foreign policy was most directly related to the rise of big business in the late 1800s? • A: détente • B:containment • C:Imperialism • D:neutrality $1 Million Question

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