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Date: _______________ Period: ________

VUS 9A, Part 1 Quick Check Questions

1. What U.S. policy encourage banks and businesses to invest in Latin America?

2. The Open-Door Policy was to give all countries equal access to trade in ___________.

3. What area did the United States annex after the Spanish-American War?

4. The explosion of which ship caused the U.S. to declare war on Spain?

5. Which U.S. President had a major role in the development of Panama?

6. What is the definition of imperialism?

7. Which president is associated with Dollar Diplomacy?

8. Why do countries use imperialism?

9. Which type of imperialism gives countries special access to ports and trading rights in another country?

10. Which three countries already had access to trade in China?

11. What structure linked the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans?