Sunday, January 18, 2009

Are You As Smart As Melly? Take her U.S. History & Government quiz to find out!

During my cleaning frenzy today, I found my U.S. History & Government quiz on foreign policy:

Word Bank:
  • Delome
  • Treaty of Paris 1898
  • Platt Amendment
  • Panama Canal
  • "dollar diplomacy"
  • Good Neighbor Policy
  • Roosevelt Corollary
  • Open Door Policy
  • Yellow Journalism
  • Russo-Japanese War
  • Olney Interpretation
  • "moral diplomacy"

Quiz:

  1. _____ Foreign policy approach that encourages U.S. investment in other countries.
  2. _____ This policy means less emphasis on intervention and more on Pan-American cooperation.
  3. _____ U.S. foreign policy approach to China: promoted equal trade rights for all nations in China.
  4. _____ Sensationalist writing used in the media to create a "war like" mood.
  5. _____ This interpretation of the Monroe Doctrine claimed that "Today, the United States is practically sovereign of this continent..."
  6. _____ As a result of this , U.S. power increased in Cuba and Cuba became a U.S. protectorate.
  7. _____ President Theodore Roosevelt negotiated peace between the nations after Japan and Russia fought this war.
  8. _____ President Wilson used this policy towards Mexico conducting foreign affairs in terms of judgments about right and wrong.
  9. _____ This addition to the Monroe Doctrine called upon the U.S. to intervene in the Western Hemisphere and act as an international police power when necessary.
  10. _____ This ended the Spanish-American war.
  11. _____ The area in dispute between the U.S., Panama, and Colombia
  12. _____ Spanish minister who wrote a letter criticizing President McKinley
You have one week to take to this quiz and submit your answers in the comments. Bonus points for guessing how old/what grade I was when I originally took this exam. I'll post the answers on January 25th.

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