1. Modern Latin American History Carlos Enrique Alemán carlos.e.aleman@gmail.com

2. Latin American-U.S. Relations Books Shoultz, Lars. Beneath the United States: A History of U.S. Policy toward Latin America. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1998. Holden, Robert H. and Eric Zolov, eds. Latin America and the United States: A Documentary History. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.

3. Latin America and U.S. Relations Latin America and U.S. Empire Cold War Immigration/Latinos in the U.S.

4. Latin America and U.S. Empire Manifest Destiny Mexican-American War William Walker Central American Canal Spanish-American War U.S. Occupations (Cuba, Puerto Rico, Nicaragua)

5. Background Latin American independence Manifest Destiny

6. Mexican-American War U.S. immigrants encouraged by Spain and later newly independent republic of Mexico to settle northern lands (Texas) Settler requirements Republic of Texas (1836) Texas annexed to United States (1845) Mexican-American War (1846) Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848)

7. William Walker (1855- 1860) Mercenary William Walker invited to settle political war between two majot parties in Nicaragua Takes advantage of unrest and declares himself president of Nicaragua Declares English official language and legalizes slavery in Nicaragua

8. Central American Canal Clayton-Bulwer Treaty (1850) Both the United States and the United Kingdom renounce the right to build a canal under the exclusive control of either nation. Hay-Pauncefote Treaty (1901) Hay-Herrán Treaty (1903) Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty (1903)

9. Spanish-American War: “A Splendid Little War” Cuban Struggle for Independence Sinking of U.S.S. Maine (1898) Teller Amendment (1898) Treaty of Paris (1898)

10. U.S. Occupation (Cuba and Puerto Rico) The Platt Amendment (1901) The Jones Act (1917)

11. Nicaraguan Occupation Political unrest in Nicaragua US sends in Marines Bryan-Chamorro Treaty Sandino Somoza

12. Good Neighbor Policy FDR Non-Intervention

13. The Cold War Guatemala 1954 Cuba 1959 Chile 1972 Nicaragua 1979

14. Guatemala 1954 Ten Years of Spring Juan Jose Arevalo Jacobo Arbenz Operation PBSuccess

15. Cuba 1959 26 th of July Movement Cuban Revolution overthrows Fulgencio Bautista Bay of Pigs Invasion Missile Crisis

16. Chile 1972 Salvador Allende Augusto Pinochet

17. Nicaragua 1979 Somoza Dynasty FSLN 1979 Revolution Contra War

18. Latino Immigration Mexican Repatriation (1930s) Bracero Program (1942-1964) Operation Wetback (1954)

19. Latino Immigration Immigration Act (1965) Cuban Adjustment Act (1966) IRCA (1986) Cuban Migration Agreement “Wet Foot/Dry Foot Policy” (1995) NACARA (1996)

20. Latino Immigration California Proposition 187 (1994) Arizona SB 1070 (2010) Georgia HB 87 (2011)