1. THE UNITED STATES IN THE CARIBBEAN, 1776 - 1985
4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, 4E
APRIL 5TH, 2011

2. CUBA ( 1898)
PUERTO RICO ( 1898)
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ( 1916)
PANAMA ( 1903)
GRENADA ( 1983)
HAITI ( 1915)

3. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
Reasons for U.S’s interest in the Caribbean btw
DEFENSE
EXPANSIONISM
UNITED STATES IDEOLOGY
TRADE AND INVESTMENTS

4. Factors responsible for U.S’s involvement in the Caribbean territories
National Security
Trade routes
Imperialism
Puerto Rico
Cuba
Panama
Haiti
Ideological Conflict
Foreign interferences
Political instability
Dominican Republic
Grenada

5. ECONOMIC, POLITICAL AND CULTURAL CONSEQUENCES OF U.S’S INVOLVEMENT IN:

6. DESCRIBE THE POLICIES OF THE CASTRO REVOLUTION POLITICAL, ECONOMIC
SOCIAL REFORMS
OPPOSITION TO THE UNITED STATES
CONSOLIDATION OF
THE REVOLUTION
NATIONALISM AND
COMMUNISM

7. ASSESS THE UNITED STATES’S RESPONSE TO THE CASTRO REVOLUTION
Political and Economic embargo
Ideological Warfare
Military Intervention
International Pressure

8. Explain the impact on the Caribbean of the Castro revolution
Spread of Socialism
Creation of U.S economic and political spheres of influence
Anti-communistic campaign
The Cold War

9. ASSESS THE IMPACT OF UNITED STATES’ INVOLVEMENT IN THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING CARIBBEAN BTW 1939-1985
ECONOMIC EFFECTS
POLITICAL EFFECTS
CULTURAL EFFECTS