U.S. History B Topic 3 Assignment Roosevelt's Foreign Policy

Which statement best explains the Big Stick policy?

• President Roosevelt wanted the U.S. to appear strong, and the big stick symbolized possible military action.

• President Roosevelt wanted the United States to stay out of foreign affairs.

• President Roosevelt carried a large walking stick to all public appearances.

• President Roosevelt exerted control over several regions of Africa.

What type of document is this?

• essay

• speech

• comic strip

• political cartoon

Who is shown on the ship?

• Secretary of State Hay

• a cattle ranch owner

• President Taft

• President Roosevelt

What is the message of the document?

• The U.S. has a weak military.

• The Republic of Santo Domingo is able to choose either the U.S. or Europe as an ally.

• European powers have the right to claim land in Latin America.

• The U.S. will use military force to keep Europe out of Latin America.

What type of document is this? Select one:

Use this document excerpt to answer the questions that follow.

In asserting the Monroe Doctrine, in taking such steps as we have taken in regard to Cuba, Venezuela, and Panama, and in endeavoring to circumscribe the theater of war in the Far East, and to secure the open door in China, we have acted in our own interest as well as in the interest of humanity at large. There are, however, cases in which, while our own interests are not greatly involved, strong appeal is made to our sympathies. Ordinarily it is very much wiser and more useful for us to concern ourselves with striving for our own moral and material betterment here at home than to concern ourselves with trying to better the condition of things in other nations. But in extreme cases action may be justifiable and proper. What form the action shall take must depend upon the circumstances of the case; that is, upon the degree of the atrocity and upon our power to remedy it. The cases in which we could interfere by force of arms as we interfered to put a stop to intolerable conditions in Cuba are necessarily very few.”

—Theodore Roosevelt: Monroe Doctrine Corollary speech, 1904.

• essay

• political cartoon

• speech

• comic strip

Why is this a reliable source to learn about the Roosevelt Corollary?

• It was written over 100 years ago.

• It has quotation marks.

• It is from a speech given by President Roosevelt.

What is the overall message of this document?

• Roosevelt does not believe the U.S. should have a strong military.

• The United States should never get involved in issues outside the nation.

• The U.S. should interfere in international affairs with force if necessary.

• Cuba should not have become independent from Spain.