17.6

Question 1

19th century latin american gov often went into debt in order to develop facilities fo their ____industires

Answer 1

export

Question 2

in order to build the Panama Canal, the US aided ____ in winning its independence from Columbia

Answer 2

Panama

Question 3

The purpose of the ____ was to shorten travel distances for ocean-going ships

Answer 3

Panama Canal

Question 4

The ___ became a U.S. colony following the Spanish American War but fought the U.S. unsuccessfully for 3 years.

Answer 4

Phillipines

Question 5

___ became a U.S. colony following the removal of the native gov by U.S. buisness interests

Answer 5

Hawaii

Question 6

___ became a U.S. colony following the Spanish- American War, but was controlled by a U.S military gov.

Answer 6

Cuba

Question 7

Panama events

Answer 7

A) a French company attempts to build a canal across Panama, but is
unsuccessful

B) the U.S. uses its navy to help Panama win its independence from
Columbia

C) Panama grants the U.S. a 10-mile-wide zone for building a canal

D) the Panama Canal opens

Question 8

addition of territory

Answer 8

annexation

Question 9

Last Hawaiian ruler of Hawaii

Answer 9

Queen Liliuokalani

Question 10

military dictator

Answer 10

Caudillo

Question 11

Monroe Doctrine

Answer 11

U.S. statement of opposition to European influence

Question 12

Jose Marti

Answer 12

Cuban writer who fought for Cuban independence

Question 13

Spanish-American War

Answer 13

war fought between the United States and Spain in 1898, in which the Americans supported the Cuban fight for independence

Question 14

Emilio Aguinaldo

Answer 14

Filipino nationalist who fought against the Americans

Question 15

Panama Canal

Answer 15

Man-made waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

Question 16

Roosevelt Corollary

Answer 16

Statement that the United States had the right to exercise “police power” in the Western Hemisphere