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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 correct incorrect

The idea that Latin America is part of the Third World correct incorrect

The idea that Latin America should not be dependent on the US correct incorrect

The idea that the US model of development provides a model for Latin America correct incorrect

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. Why was the 'Monroe Doctrine' articulated?

To prevent Mexican incursions into the US correct incorrect

To provide a unified US policy on newly independent states in Latin America correct incorrect

To justify US intervention in the European hemisphere correct incorrect

To establish US alliances with the European imperial powers in Latin America correct incorrect

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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 correct incorrect

It inhibited US intervention in Latin America correct incorrect

It served as a strategic justification for US intervention in the region correct incorrect

It asserted that the cultural experience of North America and Latin America were fundamentally the same correct incorrect

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. What was the significance of the 'Platt Amendment'?

It established the right of US intervention in Cuba correct incorrect

It restored Spanish rule in Cuba correct incorrect

It allowed the return of Cuban exiles from the US correct incorrect

It authorized the execution of Cuban revolutionaries correct incorrect

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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 correct incorrect

It legitimized greater US intervention in Latin America, by removing ambiguity from the Monroe Doctrine correct incorrect

It allowed for European colonization in Latin America by undermining the Monroe Doctrine correct incorrect

It added the principle of 'Dollar Diplomacy' to the Monroe Doctrine correct incorrect

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. What was meant by FDR's 'Good Neighbor Policy'?

The policy of returning territory to Mexico correct incorrect

The loan of US navy ships to Latin American states correct incorrect

Greater use of 'big stick' policies towards Latin America correct incorrect

Greater recognition of the sovereignty of Latin American states correct incorrect

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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 correct incorrect

Cuban communism was deemed as less of a threat correct incorrect

Intervention in Cuba was ruled out correct incorrect

Containment alone was deemed insufficient correct incorrect

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. What attitude did the Reagan administration adopt towards the political make-up of Central America?

Support of dictatorships was unacceptable correct incorrect

Support of dictatorships was a necessary evil correct incorrect

Support of dictatorships encouraged communist agitation correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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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 correct incorrect

Agreement between the US and Latin America on the need for a 'War on Drugs' correct incorrect

A programme of neoliberal economic reform advocating open markets and free trade correct incorrect

A programme of Keynesian economics aimed at reducing dependency on the US correct incorrect

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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 correct incorrect

Fear of the collapse of the Mexican economy as a result correct incorrect

Fear of a 'clash of cultures' correct incorrect

Fear of a new military conflict with Mexico correct incorrect