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| What were the major arguments for imperialism? | Imperialism offered a new kind of frontier for American expansion. |
| Explain the Monroe Doctrine and how and where it was applied by the U.S. | As early as the 1820s, the Monroe Doctrine had been the main principle of foreign policy in the US. Under the doctrine, the US had declared itself neutral in European wars and warned other nations no to interfere in the Western Hemisphere. It later supported American imperialism. |
| Explain the Roosevelt Corollary. | Roosevelt issued a message to Congress that denied that the US wanted any more territory; this is a corollary, or extension of a previously accepted idea. |
| Explain the significance of the Open Door Policy. | American approach to CHINA AROUND 1900, FAVORING OPEN TRADE RELATIONS BETWEEN cHINA AND OTHER NATIONS.John Hay, President McKinley's Secretary of State, written notes to major European to keep an open door to China (prinicple of open trade in China) so that the US would have equal access to China's millions of consumers. |
| Where did the U.S. first initiate the Open Door Policy? | With trade to China |
| Explain the significance of the Panama Canal Zone. | It linked the two oceans, making global shipping much faster and cheaper and |
| Why did the US want to build the Canal? | It would allow the US Navy to move quickly from one nation to the other in time of war. |
| What was a lasting impact of President Theodore Roosevelt's administration? | He succeeded in keeping trade in China open to all nations. |
