A major reason for the issuance of the Monroe Doctrine (1823) was to
a. discourage United States trade with Latin America
b. defend the Panama Canal from Great Britain
c. prevent further European colonization in the Caribbean region
d. provide economic aid to Latin American nations
Answer: c. prevent further European colonization in the Caribbean region
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President Roosevelt was dissatisfied with the National Labor Relations Act, but he did sign it.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
The Office of War Information ____________
A) gathered intelligence on political dissenters B) spied on labor unions C) coordinated censorship initiatives D) published casualty figures
What imperial power made it difficult for European imperialists to claim that only whites possessed a civilization capable of creating an industrialized, overseas empire in the late nineteenth century?
a. China b. Ethiopia c. India d. Japan