Chpt.36 Sect.4 Flashcards
Latin America economic status
Most poor
No land of own
Many revolutions
Invited outside interference
President James Monroe
Issues Monroe Doctrine 1823
Any attempts to gain colonies in lAtin America seen as unfriendly act towards US
Most or Europeans went along w/ it
British navy supported America
Prince Maximillian of Austria
Emperor of Mexico
Late 1800s/Spain
Colonies in Cuba and Puerto Rico
Cuban Revolutions
1868
1895
Eager to be independent
Americans invested there wanted rebels to win
1898/American Battleship
U.S.S Maine blew up in harbour of Havana, Cuba
US blamed Spanish
Congress declared war on Spain
Spanish-American War
US won in less than yr
Peace treaty
US given Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippine islands, Cuba (protectorate)
Panama Canal
Solved problem of protecting territories
Shortened all-water route by 7000 miles/11,200 km
Cuz needed to sail between Caribbean and a Pacific Ocean
President Roosevelt
Province in Columbia
Panama
Problem for Canal building
US and Columbia could not come to an agreement
1903 US supported rev against Columbia
Won
Treaty signed w/ Panama for leasing land
Columbians angry at US
1914
Panama Canal opened
US interest continued cuz
Countries having political and financial progress
US wanted to protect business investments
1912-1916 gov sent American soldiers or Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Haiti
