13-23 13. how did the election of 1912 impact the progressive movement? a. theodore roosevelt switched parties and became a democrat. b. the election resulted in the progressive movement losing momentum. c. william howard taft left politics after the election and changed careers. d. 14.identify one political factor that influenced american imperialism. a. the desire to acquire more land in other countries b. the desire to spread christianity and other religions c. the desire to strengthen alliances with other countries d. the desire to have greater access to international markets 15. drag each talking point a member of these two groups might use for or against expansion into the correct box. access to international markets empire building goes against democracy network of naval bases around the world competition from foreign workers anti-imperialists expansionists 16. which of the following countries had a sphere of influence in china? a. japan b. canada c. belgium d. finland 17. how did japan respond to gaining control over manchuria? a. it pushed american business interests out of manchuria. b. it refused to allow russia to access markets in the region. c. it let manchuria establish its own government and trade policies. d. it increased trade agreements with important u. s. business leaders. 18. what was an important military reason for building a canal across the isthmus of panama? a. to establish a demilitarized zone between columbia and nicaragua b. to give the u. s. a base for launching military strikes in latin america c. to block european countries from access to latin american markets d. to allow the u. s. navy to move quickly between the atlantic and pacific 19. which of the following best states what theodore roosevelt believed about u. s. foreign policy in the americas? a. the u. s. should latin america solve all of its problems. b. the u. s. should spread democracy throughout latin america. c. the u. s. should police latin america and had the right to do so. d. the u. s. should protect latin america from europe by occupying it. 20. how did william howard taft try to change the open door policy in china? a. he tried to cancel the open door policy altogether. b. he revised the open door policy to boost the chinese economy. c. he tried to extend the open door policy deeper into manchuria. d. he tried to exclude japan from trade with china under the open door policy. 21. contrast the foreign policies of roosevelt, taft, and wilson. drag each policy to the correct president. recognized japanese interests in manchuria repaid latin american debts owed to europe negotiated peace between japan and russia theodore roosevelt william howard taft woodrow wilson 22. use the political cartoon of william jennings bryan cutting down the american flag as william mckinley raises it over the philippines to answer the question. the political cartoon depicts the 1900 presidential candidates on different sides of the imperialist debate. william jennings bryan is shown chopping down the american flag that mckinley has raised over the philippines. a. it shows theodore roosevelt’s belief in annexing hawaii. b. it demonstrates william mckinley’s support for imperialism. c. it represents william jennings bryan’s support for imperialism. d. it expresses mark twain's opposition to u. s. intervention in the philippines.