"Today we are raising more than we can consume. Today we are making more than we can use. Today our industrial society is congested, there are more workers than there is work Therefore we must find new markets for our produce, new occupations for our capital, new work for our labor."
-Albert Beveridge, quoted in Beveridge and the Progressive Era (Bowers)
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In what way did Beveridge think overseas expansion would help solve labor problems in the United States?
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Expansion would bring new foreign markets for American goods, providing more jobs for workers.
Expansion would bring more immigration to the United States and a stronger labor force
Expansion would provide the United States with access to overseas labor
Expansion would create demand for excess American workers overseas
Expansion would bring new foreign markets for American goods, providing more jobs for workers.
"Today we are raising more than we can consume. Today we are making more than we can use. Today our industrial society is congested, there are more workers than there is work Therefore we must find new markets for our produce, new occupations for our capital, new work for our labor."
-Albert Beveridge, quoted in Beveridge and the Progressive Era (Bowers)
Use the quote to answer the question.
In what way did Beveridge think overseas expansion would help solve labor problems in the United States?
(1 point)
Expansion would bring new foreign markets for American goods, providing more jobs for workers.
Expansion would bring more immigration to the United States and a stronger labor force
Expansion would provide the United States with access to overseas labor
Expansion would create demand for excess American workers overseas
Expansion would bring new foreign markets for American goods, providing more jobs for workers.
Why did the United States formulate the Open Door Policy toward China, ultimately contributing to the Boxer Rebellion?
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Oto encourage China to develop democratic practices
Oto prevent European nations and Japan from monopolizing Chinese trade
to establish military presence in Asia
to support Chinese efforts to industrialize
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to prevent European nations and Japan from monopolizing Chinese trade
In the text, you read this about American policies toward its new territories:
Americans had to decide how to rule their new territories. When the war with Spain began, the United States pledged to "leave the government and control of [Cuba] to its people."
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In what way did the United States fail to keep the promise referred to in the quotation?
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The United States forced many Cubans to move to Guantanamo Bay.
The United States forced Cuba to accept Oan agreement that allowed the United States to intervene there.
The United States did not allow American companies to invest in Cuba.
The United States governed Cuba directly after the Spanish-American War ended.
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The United States forced Cuba to accept an agreement that allowed the United States to intervene there.
Which of the following describes the difference between William Howard Taft's policy toward Latin America and Theodore Roosevelt's?
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Taft did not want a strong U.S. role in Latin America, while Roosevelt did.
Taft favored more frequent military intervention in Latin America than Roosevelt.
Taft encouraged American investment in Latin America more than Roosevelt.
Taft used "international police power to force Latin American countries to pay debts.
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Taft encouraged American investment in Latin America more than Roosevelt.
In the text, you read this about President Wilson's policy towards Mexico
As civil war raged [in Mexico], [President] Wilson refused to recognize what he called Huerta's "government of butchers."
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Based on the text and this quotation, why did Wilson refuse to recognize the Mexican government of General Victoriano Huerta?
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Huerta and his followers arrested and killed American sailors in 1914.
Huerta and his followers fought battles with American soldiers sent to Mexico by Wilson.
Huerta and his followers took over ◎ businesses with ties to American investors in Mexico.
Huerta and his followers overthrew and killed a governmental leader who promised democratic reform in Mexico.
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