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Question 1

In the Venezuela boundary dispute, the United States

A) attempted to colonize Venezuela.
B) invoked the Monroe Doctrine.
C) disapproved of the Olney Corollary.
D) sided with Great Britain.

Question 2

The annexation of Hawaii to the United States was

A) opposed by President Harrison.
B) opposed by President Cleveland.
C) supported by Queen Liliuokalani.
D) supported by President Cleveland.

Question 3

As a factor in its foreign policy during the late nineteenth century, the United States

A) showed little interest in acquiring territory in the Pacific Ocean region.
B) drove Great Britain and Germany out of Pago Pago.
C) renounced interest in building a canal across Central America.
D) indicated its interest in building an American-controlled canal in Nicaragua.

Question 4

As part of his foreign policy goals, President Grant

A) rejected the Monroe Doctrine.
B) opposed Congress's attempts to extend U.S. influence into Latin America.
C) defended the principle of self-determination.
D) attempted to annex Santo Domingo.

Question 5

During the first 50 years after independence, American foreign policy was concerned primarily with

A) trans-Atlantic commercial trade.
B) imperialism.
C) continental expansion.
D) national armament.

Question 6

Nineteenth-century Americans tended to believe that in world affairs the United States

A) should support the establishment of the League of Nations.
B) had a special mission.
C) should remain totally isolated.
D) should commit itself to maintaining world order.