1. U.S. Economic imperialism in Latin America
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U.S. Economic imperialism in Latin America

2. Table of contents Advantages of Imperialism
Disadvantages of Imperialism
Effects of Imperialism
Background Information
Western Nations Involved
Indigenous Response
Results of Independence

3. Advantages of Imperialism
Railroads connect South America
Sanitation and material progress brought by the United States
United States gains colonial holdings and becomes more powerful
Unites States allows for free trade within Imperialist holdings

4. Disadvantages of imperialism
Latin American natural resources (minerals and cash crops) taken by European and US firms
Latin American nations become increasing dependent on more industrialized ones
Latin American governments corrupted, and often bankrupt
Latin American people impoverished

5. Overall effects of imperialism
Latin America becomes the source of the United States “cheap” natural resources
Latin America is stalled in progress, gains some new technology but cannot produce any on its own-dependent on US and Europe to provide it
Latin America remains poor
United States and Europe become increasingly rich from the losses of Latin America

6. Background INFORMATION
Latin America has always been behind, since the Spanish landed.
Latin American elites and plantation owners become rich off the work of the farmers
Latin America had potential-posses any mineral or cash crop that the Industrialized world could need
Latin American countries usually small and poor

7. Western nations involved
Spain-loses their territory in Latin America & Pacific to the U.S. (Cuba, Guam, Puerto Rico, The Philippines)
British companies control transportation and natural resources in Argentina
US through the Monroe doctrine and “Free trade Imperialism” indirectly rules most of Latin America, and directly rules the Philippines, Guam and Peurto Rico

8. Indigenous response
Most Latin American governments provided the political backing for European and United States companies to Invest in Latin America
These corrupted governments were often revolted against, such as in Mexico

9. Results of independence
The Philippines was granted its independence by the United States in 1937, and are now a stable independent democracy
Fidel Castro holds a communist revolution beginning in 1953 and is exiled, but will successfully take control of the state as prime minister of the communist party in Cuba is communist to this day