How does this photograph of President Theodore Roosevelt working the controls of a steam shovel in the Panama Canal Zone exemplify the spirit of imperialism that took hold in the United States during the late nineteenth and early twentieth
centuries? A) It is reflective of the democratic process that the United States used to acquire the Canal Zone
from Colombia.
B) It shows how technological innovation promoted overseas economic expansion and world
prominence for the United States.
C) It demonstrates the lack of sensitivity shown to native laborers who were considered to be
racially and culturally inferior.
D) It addresses the method used by Americans to "civilize" non-American lands and people.
B
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a. The preservation of liberty required the restraint of federal power and authority. b. A republic could only survive if it had a strong executive. c. The preservation of liberty required constant territorial expansion. d. Democracy was only viable if all adults could vote.
Modernist architects like Frank Lloyd Wright believed that
A) Buildings could be works of art. B) A building's form should follow its function. C) The past should be the primary inspiration for building designs. D) Europe served as a good starting point for their designs. E) All of these choices
The most intensely commercialized farms in the world were found in the Chesapeake
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
What was a primary purpose of Samuel Adams' proposed "committees of correspondence?"
A. to organize colony-wide boycotts of British goods B. to empower colonial assemblies with new martial powers C. to publicize and keep alive colonial grievances against the British D. to propose amendments to the British constitution E. to create informal militias that could defend the colonies if necessary