Exam 22: Becoming a World Power, 1898-1917

The United States secured the right to build the Panama Canal by dealing with the

Describe the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine. What was its purpose? What impact did it have on U.S. foreign policy?

By the end of the Spanish-American War, U.S. troops had invaded Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines.

"The Significance of the Frontier in American History" was written by ____________________.

Describe U.S.-Mexican relations and explain the conflicting motives behind U.S. policy during the presidency of Woodrow Wilson.

William Howard Taft had no foreign policy experience when he became president.

In 1915, President Wilson dispatched troops to ____________________ to put down a revolution and the U.S. army continued to occupy the country for 21 years.