Author Question: President Franklin Roosevelt embarked on the Good Neighbor policy in part because a. he perceived ... (Read 56 times)

nummyann · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

President Franklin Roosevelt embarked on the Good Neighbor policy in part because

a. he perceived this new policy as a logical extension of his cousin Theodore Roosevelt's Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine.
b. Congress had repealed the Monroe Doctrine.
c. he feared the spread of communism in the region.
d. the policy was part of the neutrality stance taken by the United States.
e. he was eager to enlist Latin American allies to defend the Western Hemisphere against dictators.

Question 2

The Democrats' hopes for the 1988 election rose sharply because of major scandals in the Reagan administration involving

a. bribes involving business deals in the Soviet Union.
b. election fraud.
c. the Iran-Contra affair and savings-and-loan banks.
d. kickbacks for oil leases on federal lands.
e. payoffs for U.S. hostages and campaign contributions from foreign corporations.