"Dollar diplomacy" was:
a. an amendment attached to the Federal Reserve Act of 1914.
b. the Taft Administration's policy of supporting U.S. investments abroad.
c. an outgrowth of the Federal Trade Commission.
d. used by the United States to purchase the rights from Great Britain to build a canal through Central America.
ANSWER: b
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