1. What was one result of the Opium War?
Bell ringer
What was one result of the Opium War?

2. U.S. Economic imperialism
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3. Latin America after independence
Continuous cycle of poverty
Political instability led to power by caudillos
U.S. became main trading partner
Fear of lack of security led to Monroe Doctrine (1823)
Declared that American continents are free from future colonization

4. Cuba declares independence
1868: Cuba starts 10 yr war for independence
1895: José Marti
launches 2nd war
1898: U.S. joins war – becomes Spanish- American War
1901: Cuba becomes independent in name
only
Spain lost Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and Philippines

6. Panama Canal U.S. sought a faster way to travel from coast to coast
Pres. Theodore Roosevelt decided on canal
1903: Panama controlled by Colombia
U.S. offered $10 mil – declined
Encouraged revolution, won, & Panama gave U.S. permission to build
Project finished in 1914

7. The Roosevelt Corollary
U.S. presence in Latin Am. Grew
1904: Pres. Roosevelt issued Roosevelt Corollary
Extension to Monroe Doctrine
Gave U.S. right to be “an international police power” in the Western hemisphere