The Leaders Who Guided American Foreign Relations Between 1865 and 1914

question 126

Multiple Choice

The leaders who guided American foreign relations between 1865 and 1914

• A) failed to recognize the relationship between expansion and economic growth.
• B) allowed foreign policy to be shaped almost exclusively by public opinion.
• C) believed that exertion of American influence abroad would help maintain prosperity at home.
• D) rejected the concept of power politics, advancing instead the idea that all nations are equals in the world community.

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