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Roosevelt &

Latin America

Daily Question

Daily

Question

1. What does the map show?

2. What territories were under the possession of the U.S.? Which territories were under U.S. influence?

3. What were the top 3 exports in the Caribbean & South America during this time? (Rank in order from #1, #2, and #3)

Objective

Daily

Goals

Explain how the Spanish-American War impacted the United States influence in Latin America.

Dollar Diplomacy

Daily

Word

U.S. policy in which the U.S. invested money in foreign nations in order to gain power and influence.

After the Spanish-American War, the U.S. began to expand its power in Latin America.

Cuba &

Puerto Rico

To restore power & to protect American investments, President McKinley set up military governments on each island.

Cuba

U.S. forced Cuba to include the Platt Amendment into their new constitution.

1. Limited Cuba's ability to sign treaties with other nations.

2. Gave U.S. the right to intervene in Cuban affairs.

3. Required Cuba sell or lease land to the U.S. for naval & coaling stations.

U.S. Control over Cuba

After the Spanish-American War, the U.S. feared other imperialist nations may try to take control of Cuba or undercut American business interests there.

a country under the control & protection of another country.

Made Cuba a U.S. protectorate

Puerto rico

U.S. governed Puerto Rico as an American territory.

Governing

puerto rico

U.S. would appoint a governor & the upper house of the legislature. Puerto Rican voters would elect the lower house.

1917: Puerto Ricans were granted U.S. citizenship

The Panama Canal

People wanted a faster way to move between the Atlantic & the Pacific Oceans without having to travel all the way around South America.

Panama

Canal

U.S. bought the rights to a failed french canal along the isthmus of panama.

1902

1903

U.s. attempted to gain control of the land for the canal, but Colombia's senate rejected it.

U.S. supported panama's independence from Colombia, & once a free nation, president Roosevelt signed a treaty to give u.s. complete control over a 10-mile-wide canal zone.

Building the Panama Canal

The monroe doctrine (1823)

Declared the Western Hemisphere off-limits to further colonization by European nations.

EMPTY THREAT

Roosevelt

Corollary

U.S. wanted to protect economic interests in Latin America.

After the Spanish-American War, U.S. presidents began to back up the Monroe Doctrine with military strength.

Roosevelt Corollary, 1904

An addition to the Monroe Doctrine that...

ROOSEVELT

COROLLARY

1904

Allowed U.S. intervention in Latin America with military force if European nations attempted to get involved in the Western Hemisphere.

The Roosevelt Corollary was successful in bringing more stability to the region & keeping other nations out, BUT it showed the United States willingness to engage in imperialist policies.

Reshaping U.S. Diplomacy

As U.S. imperialism progressed, the United States believed in advancing their interests in other countries through...

U.S.

Diplomacy

DOLLAR DIPLOMACY

policy in which the U.S. invests in foreign nations in order to gain power & influence.

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