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U.S. Policy in Latin America

U.S. Policy in Latin America. Renzie Balisacan A4. Monroe Doctrine. warns Europeans especially Spain no interference with our business! a shield for Latin America a way to promote its "Super Powers" backed up Benito Juarez. Roosevelt’s Corollary. Platt Amendment

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U.S. Policy in Latin America

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  1. U.S. Policy in Latin America RenzieBalisacan A4

  2. Monroe Doctrine • warns Europeans especially Spain • no interference with our business! • a shield for Latin America • a way to promote its "Super Powers" • backed up Benito Juarez

  3. Roosevelt’s Corollary • Platt Amendment • Latin America was vulnerable to European attacks • "chronic wrongdoing" • stay away Europe! • Dominican Republic in jeopardy

  4. El Salvadoran Civil War • Social inequalities • poor economy • dictatorship • PCN vs FMLN • Oscar Romero • U.S. • United Nations

  5. Bay of The Pigs • Failed invasion of Cuba • Eisenhower • Cuban exiles • CIA • JFK

  6. Cuban Missile Crisis • Soviet Union • arms race • Fidel Castro • JFK • Nikita Khrushchev

  7. Liberation Theology • Gustavo Gutierrez • Karl Marx • Christians should help the poor! • steps to salvation • Pope John Paul II

  8. Spanish-American War • Spain colonized Cuba • mambises • Jose "El Apostol" Marti • Cuban Revolutionary • Sugar • President Cleveland • General Weyler • U.S.S. Maine • Armistice

  9. Good Neighbor Policy • Good Neighbor Policy • nonintervention and noninterference • strengthen diplomatic and commercial relations • Nicaragua • Platt Amendment • Henry L. Stimson

  10. Works Cited • Monroe Doctrine • http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?doc=23&page=transcript http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/monroedoctrinedef.htm • http://www.historyking.com/American-History/timeline/1803-1849/monroe-doctrine/Monroe-Doctrine-For-Kids.html • Roosevelt Corollary • http://ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=56&page=transcript • Good Neighbor Policy • http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1646.html • http://history.state.gov/milestones/1921-1936/GoodNeighbor • El Salvadorian Civil War • http://novaonline.nvcc.edu/eli/evans/his135/Events/ElSalvador80/Salvador80.html • Cuban Missile Crisis • http://library.thinkquest.org/11046/days/index.html • Liberation Theology • http://atheism.about.com/od/theology/a/lib_catholic.htm • Bay of The Pigs • http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1765.html • http://www.education.miami.edu/ep/littlehavana/Monuments/Virgin1/The_Virgin_Mary/Bay_of_Pigs/bay_of_pigs.html • http://latinamericanhistory.about.com/od/historyofthecaribbean/a/09bayofpigs.htm • Spanish American War • http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/intro.html

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