In what way was the construction of the Panama Canal, as Roosevelt said, "the most important action in foreign affairs"?
A) It gave the United States control over world trade.
B) It made the United States the world's most powerful country.
C) It kept the United States out of involvement in World War I.
D) It solidified American influence in Latin America.
E) It gave the United States power over developments in Europe.
Answer: D
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A) ?One of the central principles is that overseas trade can be regulated in ways that supported strong national monarchies. B) ?The main goals was to allow the state to amass bullion. C) ?Mercantilism promoted free trade and an unregulated economy. D) ?Amassing bullion was equated with domestic prosperity and power. E) ?Trade was very closely regulated.
Which of the following represents the first permanent Spanish settlement in Alta California?
a. San Diego b. San Francisco c. Los Angeles d. Monterey
Sharecropping was preferred by African-Americans to gang labor for wages because they would be less subject to white planter supervision.
a. true b. false
Which statement about nineteenth-century Western expansion in Southeast Asia is FALSE?
A. The British established their control over Burma. B. Burma retained its independence. C. The French forcibly created their Indochinese Union. D. Thailand remained independent, as a result of mutual British and French interests. E. The Philippines became an American spoil of war with Spain, in spite of efforts by local insurgents to change that outcome.