4th Six Weeks: Homework 6 (Due 1/26/2016) - America on the World Stage
- Read and outline pages 653 – 659 in the textbook.
- Learn the following key terms (and be sure to include them in your outline)
Theodore Roosevelt
“tennis cabinet” Hay-Pauncefort Treaty (1901) Philippe Bunau-Varilla |
“Big Brother” policy
Col. George Washington Goethals Col. William C. Gorgas Roosevelt Corollary |
3. Answer the following reading questions:
- What obstacles stood in the way of building the Panama Canal and how did the United States overcome them? (include treaties, money, and politics with Colombia)
- What role did the United States begin to play in Latin America?
- What did Roosevelt do to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906 and what was “the price” he paid?
- In what ways did Roosevelt live up to his proverb, “Speak softly and carry a big stick”?