USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM

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President Taft attempted to gain control over:

(A) Nicaraguan Democracy.

(B) ** Russian and Chinese railways.

(C) Cuban Rebels.

(D) spheres of influence in China.

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -Among the significant pieces of legislation passed by Congress during Taft’s presidency was the Mann-Elkins Act of 1910, empowering the Interstate Commerce Commission to suspend railroad rate hikes and to set rates.

Concept note-2: -Under the name of Dollar Diplomacy, the Taft administration engineered such a policy in Nicaragua. It supported the overthrow of José Santos Zelaya and set up Adolfo Díaz in his place; it established a collector of customs; and it guaranteed loans to the Nicaraguan government.