What Factors Made It Possible for Dictators to Gain and Maintain

question 28

Multiple Choice

What factors made it possible for dictators to gain and maintain power in Nicaragua and Cuba after the implementation of the good neighbor policy?

• A) The federal government could not afford to mount military efforts to defeat and remove them.
• B) They had private support from U.S.businessmen and tacit support from the Roosevelt administration.
• C) They received overt support from European business interests,who depended on the imports of their products.
• D) They received open military support from the Roosevelt administration and the British diplomatic corps.

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