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Roosevelt and Latin America

Roosevelt and Latin America. Disease. Yellow Fever killed as many as 85 % of the people infected with it in Cuba. This posed a great dilemma for America as order was trying to be established in Latin America after the Spanish American War.

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Roosevelt and Latin America

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  1. Roosevelt and Latin America

  2. Disease • Yellow Fever killed as many as 85 % of the people infected with it in Cuba. • This posed a great dilemma for America as order was trying to be established in Latin America after the Spanish American War. • Cuban Doctor Juan Finlay believed that Mosquitoes spread this disease and American Army Doctors proved this to be scientifically true.

  3. Yellow Fever • Mosquitos are naturally attracted to standing water. • U.S. Army Doctor William C. Gorgas realized this and made a plan to drain all pools of standing water. • Six months later, yellow fever was virtually eliminated from the city of Havana.

  4. U.S. Control Over Cuba • Leonard Wood, the appointed governor of Cuba, oversaw the drafting of a new Cuban Constitution. • America ignored the Teller Amendment idea and instead created the Platt Amendment- limited Cuba’s ability to sign treaties with other nations and the U.S. could intervene in Cuban affairs. • This lead to the creation of a naval base at Guantanamo Bay.

  5. Governing Puerto Rico • The U.S. didn’t make P.R. a protectorate, instead it became it became a governed territory like the Philippines. • Foraker Act- The U.S. would appoint Puerto Rico’s governor and upper house of its legislature. Puerto Rican voters would elect the lower house. • 1917- Granted U.S. citizenship to Puerto Ricans.

  6. Teddy and the Panama Canal • In the 1880s, the French company began creating a canal across the Isthmus of Panama, but went bankrupt. • In 1902, the U.S. bought the rights to the French canal property and equipment.

  7. Teddy and the Panama Canal • Panamanian revolutionaries were plotting to break free of Colombian rule. • Roosevelt support the rebellion. • Panama declared its independence and the U.S. recognized the Republic of Panama. • Soon a treaty gave the U.S. complete and unending sovereignty over a 10 mile wide canal.

  8. Working on the Panama Canal • There was harsh work conditions, not enough workers, and Yellow Fever was still a problem in Panama. • After 1 month of work, nearly all U.S. construction workers had malaria. • Dr. William C. Gorgas comes again and helps limit the cases of malaria and Yellow Fever.

  9. Malaria • Sanitation workers drained swamps, cleared vegetation, spread oil on polls of standing water, and bred spiders and lizards…..Why? • By 1914, work had been successful and the S.S. Ancon became the first ship to pass officially through the Panama Canal. • http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=F9591113-6B10-4A7E-889C-E54CEE6F3168&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US

  10. The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine • The Monroe Doctrine proclaimed that the Western Hemisphere was off limits to further colonization by European nations. • Roosevelt Corollary to the M.D.- “Speak softly and carry a big stick.”

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