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Chapter 16 Self-test questions
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Chapter 16 Self-test questions
US foreign policy in Latin America
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What is meant by the term 'modernization theory' in the context of US-Latin American relations?
The idea that Latin American development provides a model for the US
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The idea that Latin America is part of the Third World
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The idea that Latin America should not be dependent on the US
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The idea that the US model of development provides a model for Latin America
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Why was the 'Monroe Doctrine' articulated?
To prevent Mexican incursions into the US
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To provide a unified US policy on newly independent states in Latin America
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To justify US intervention in the European hemisphere
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To establish US alliances with the European imperial powers in Latin America
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What was the significance of the term 'Manifest Destiny' in terms of US relations with Latin America?
It served as an ideological justification for US expansion in the region
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It inhibited US intervention in Latin America
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It served as a strategic justification for US intervention in the region
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It asserted that the cultural experience of North America and Latin America were fundamentally the same
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What was the significance of the 'Platt Amendment'?
It established the right of US intervention in Cuba
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It restored Spanish rule in Cuba
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It allowed the return of Cuban exiles from the US
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It authorized the execution of Cuban revolutionaries
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In what way did the 'Roosevelt Corollary' amend the Monroe Doctrine?
It restricted US ability to intervene in Latin America by re-emphasizing the Monroe Doctrine
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It legitimized greater US intervention in Latin America, by removing ambiguity from the Monroe Doctrine
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It allowed for European colonization in Latin America by undermining the Monroe Doctrine
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It added the principle of 'Dollar Diplomacy' to the Monroe Doctrine
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What was meant by FDR's 'Good Neighbor Policy'?
The policy of returning territory to Mexico
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The loan of US navy ships to Latin American states
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Greater use of 'big stick' policies towards Latin America
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Greater recognition of the sovereignty of Latin American states
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How did US policy towards Cuba diverge from US policy towards other states aligned with the Soviet Union?
Engagement with the Cuban leadership was deemed necessary
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Cuban communism was deemed as less of a threat
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Intervention in Cuba was ruled out
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Containment alone was deemed insufficient
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What attitude did the Reagan administration adopt towards the political make-up of Central America?
Support of dictatorships was unacceptable
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Support of dictatorships was a necessary evil
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Support of dictatorships encouraged communist agitation
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None of the above
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What is meant by the term 'Washington Consensus'?
Agreement between the US and Latin America on the status of immigrants in the United States
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Agreement between the US and Latin America on the need for a 'War on Drugs'
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A programme of neoliberal economic reform advocating open markets and free trade
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A programme of Keynesian economics aimed at reducing dependency on the US
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Why did Samuel Huntington argue that the US should be worried about Mexican immigration to the US?
Fear of the spread of communism into the US
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Fear of the collapse of the Mexican economy as a result
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Fear of a 'clash of cultures'
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Fear of a new military conflict with Mexico
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