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Question 1

What is meant by the term 'modernization theory' in the context of US-Latin American relations?

a) The idea that Latin American development provides a model for the US

b) The idea that the Latin America is part of the Third World

c) The idea that Latin America should not be dependent on the US

d) The idea that the US model of development provides a model for Latin America

Question 2

Why was the 'Monroe Doctrine' articulated?

a) To prevent Mexican incursions into the US

b) To provide a unified US policy on newly independent states in Latin America

c) To justify US intervention in the European hemisphere

d) To establish US alliances with the European imperial powers in Latin America

Question 3

What was the significance of the term 'Manifest Destiny' in terms of US relations with Latin America?

a) It served as an ideological justification for US expansion in the region

b) It inhibited US intervention in Latin America

c) It served as a strategic justification for US intervention in the region

d) It asserted that the cultural experience of North America and Latin America were fundamentally the same

Question 4

What was the significance of the 'Platt Amendment'?

a) It established the right of US intervention in Cuba

b) It restored Spanish rule in Cuba

c) It allowed the return of Cuban exiles from the US

d) It authorized the execution of Cuban revolutionaries

Question 5

In what way did the 'Roosevelt Corollary' amend the Monroe Doctrine?

a) It restricted US ability to intervene in Latin America

b) It legitimated greater US intervention in Latin America

c) It allowed for European colonization in Latin America

d) It added the principle of 'Dollar Diplomacy'

Question 6

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

a) The policy of returning territory to Mexico

b) The loan of US navy ships to Latin American states

c) Greater use of 'big stick' policies towards Latin America

d) Greater recognition of the sovereignty of Latin American states

Question 7

How did US policy towards Cuba under Kennedy diverge from US policy towards other states aligned with the Soviet Union?

a) Engagement with the Cuban leadership was deemed necessary

b) Cuban communism was deemed as less of a threat

c) Intervention in Cuba was ruled out

d) Containment alone was deemed an insufficient

Question 8

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

a) Support of dictatorships was unacceptable

b) Support of dictatorships was a necessary evil

c) Support of dictatorships encouraged communist agitation

d) None of the above

Question 9

What is meant by the term 'Washington Consensus'?

a) Agreement between the US and Latin America on the status of immigrants in the United States

b) Agreement between the US and Latin America on the need for a 'War on Drugs'

c) A programme for neoliberal economic reform advocating open markets and free trade

d) A programme of Keynesian economics aimed at reducing dependency on the US

Question 10

Why do some, such as Samuel Huntington, argue that the US should be worried about Mexican immigration to the US?

a) They fear the spread of communism into the US

b) They fear the collapse of the Mexican economy as a result

c) They fear a 'clash of cultures'

d) They fear a new military conflict with Mexico

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Chapter 15

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