Name
Date
CHAPTER
18
GUIDED READING
America as a World Power
Section 4
A. As you read this section, write notes summarizing the effects of American military,
diplomatic, and economic power around the world.
ROOSEVELT’S “BIG STICK” DIPLOMACY
American action taken
Consequences of that action
1. Treaty of Portsmouth is
negotiated.
2. U.S. warships are used to
ensure Panama’s independence.
3. Panama Canal is built.
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4. Roosevelt Corollary is
adopted.
WILSON’S “MISSIONARY” DIPLOMACY
American action taken
Consequences of that action
5. Wilson uses a minor incident with Mexico as an
excuse to occupy Veracruz.
6. Wilson recognizes the
Carranza government.
7. Wilson refuses Carranza’s
demand to withdraw U.S.
troops sent into Mexico to
capture Villa.
B. On the back of this paper, identify who Francisco “Pancho” Villa and John J.
Pershing were, and describe how their lives came to be interrelated.
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Answer Key
Chapter 18, Section 4
GUIDED READING
A. Possible answers:
1. The Russo-Japanese War ended;
the Nobel Peace Prize awarded
to Roosevelt; American prestige
increased
2. Rights to build a canal, to control
the canal zone, and to intervene
in Panama gained by the U.S.;
the Panama Canal built; U.S.Latin American relations severely damaged
3. Travel time between the Atlantic
and Pacific oceans significantly
reduced; the power and prestige
of the U.S. enhanced; U.S.-Latin
American relations severely
damaged
4. U.S. adoption of dollar diplomacy; U.S. military interventions in
Latin America, specifically
Nicaragua, as part of U.S.
“international police power”
5. Deaths of more than 100
Mexicans; U.S. and Mexico
brought close to war
6. U.S. comes into conflict with
Pancho Villa
7. Anti-American feeling in
Mexico intensified; Mexico
nationalizes oil and mineral
resources and adopts stricter
regulations on foreign investors
B. Answers will vary widely
depending upon the specifics
noted.