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The Democratic party is making a serious blunder in criticizing President Roosevelt's foreign policy. The contention [argument] of the Democratic press and campaign speakers on this subject cannot stand the light of facts. They may take advantage of the general lack of acquaintance throughout the United States with conditions abroad, but when these are known and understood there can result nothing but praise and admiration for the President's policy. . . . We hear much about the "big stick" from Democratic speakers, and yet these orators [speakers] are the ones who would first call for the President's protection if they were in trouble in other lands. The critics that inveigh [protest] against the President's imperialism are the same class of men who would first clamor for the protection of the flag if they had interests abroad which were in any way assailed because of American potency of action.Use the excerpt from an article by John Barrett published in The Daily Palladium on October 27, 1904 to answer the question.Select the text that indicates the author's opinion of Theodore Roosevelt's foreign policies. Select the two correct answers.
What Asian nation was able to withstand colonization in SE Asia in the 19th and 20th century?
What private company was the actual ruler of India in the late 18th and early 19th century?
What is the busiest seaport in the world?
What was the conference that laid down rules for colonization of Africa?
What country was the "jewel in the crown" of the British Empire?
What Indian word referred to the British rule of India during the reign of Queen Victoria?
What religious minority became the mainstays of the British Army in India?
How did Europeans and Americans learn about Africa in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
What type of colonial management views a country as unable to govern itself.
Which ancient power began a very rapid decline losing land and power in the 19th century?
What was the rebellion undertaken by the German East Africans against the German Army.
What type of colonial management relies on the existing ruler to handle day-to-day activities.
What geopolitical target was the entrance form the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea?
Who was the Belgian king who abused native Congolese with torture and slavery over rubber tree sap?
What commodity found in Persia in the early 20th century increased interest in the region?
The Clayton-Bulwer Treaty states the the US andA. Spain would agree not to build a canal in Central AmericaB. Great Britain would agree not to build a canal in Central AmericaC. Spain would agree to build a canal together through Central AmericaD. none of the above
THe primary reason for the Boxer Rebellion was A. to restore power to the hereditary monarchyB. an attempt to reject the traditional cultures of ChinaC. to resist foreign influence in ChinaD. to reestablish the power of religious leaders
"Yellow" journalists created support for the Spanish-American War by writing articles about the A. political popularity of William Jennings BryanB. efforts of the US to control MexicoC. destruction of US's sugar plantations by HawaiiD. sinking of the US's battleship Maine in Havana Harbor
"I took the Canal and let Congress debate" - Theodore Roosevelt. This quote demonstratesA. an effort by a President to maintain a policy of isolationismB. a decline in the use of militarism as a defense policyC. an increased reliance on the legislative processD. a Presidential action that achieved a foreign policy objective