The Roosevelt Corollary was significant to U.S. relations with ...

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The Roosevelt Corollary was significant to U.S. relations with countries in the Western Hemisphere during the 20th century because it established the precedent that the United States
 
  A)  had the right to intervene in Latin American countries.
  B)  would provide financial assistance to new countries.
  C)  would respect the rights of all countries.
  D)  would give military aid to developing countries.
  E)  had an obligation to fight communism anywhere it developed.

Question 2

In order to acquire the right for the United States to build a canal across Panama in 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt
 
  A)  signed a treaty with Colombia.
  B)  seized Panama.
  C)  helped facilitate a Panamanian rebellion against Columbia and then negotiated a treaty to lease a strip of territory.
  D)  purchased the completed canal from the French company.
  E)  paid Columbia 25 million for a ten-mile wide strip of land in its province of Panama.

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Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

C