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1 U.S. Policy in Latin America Renzie Balisacan A4

2 Monroe Doctrine O warns Europeans especially Spain O no interference with our business! O a shield for Latin America O a way to promote its "Super Powers" O backed up Benito Juarez

3 Roosevelt’s Corollary O Platt Amendment O Latin America was vulnerable to European attacks O "chronic wrongdoing" O stay away Europe! O Dominican Republic in jeopardy

4 El Salvadoran Civil War O Social inequalities O poor economy O dictatorship O PCN vs FMLN O Oscar Romero O U.S. O United Nations

5 Bay of The Pigs O Failed invasion of Cuba O Eisenhower O Cuban exiles O CIA O JFK

6 Cuban Missile Crisis O Soviet Union O arms race O Fidel Castro O JFK O Nikita Khrushchev

7 Liberation Theology O Gustavo Gutierrez O Karl Marx O Christians should help the poor! O steps to salvation O Pope John Paul II

8 Spanish-American War O Spain colonized Cuba O mambises O Jose "El Apostol" Marti O Cuban Revolutionary O Sugar O President Cleveland O General Weyler O U.S.S. Maine O Armistice

9 Good Neighbor Policy O Good Neighbor Policy O nonintervention and noninterference O strengthen diplomatic and commercial relations O Nicaragua O Platt Amendment O Henry L. Stimson

10 Works Cited O Monroe Doctrine O http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?doc=23&page=transcript http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/monroedoctrinedef.htm O http://www.historyking.com/American-History/timeline/1803-1849/monroe-doctrine/Monroe-Doctrine- For-Kids.html O Roosevelt Corollary O http://ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=56&page=transcript O Good Neighbor Policy O http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1646.html O http://history.state.gov/milestones/1921-1936/GoodNeighbor O El Salvadorian Civil War O http://novaonline.nvcc.edu/eli/evans/his135/Events/ElSalvador80/Salvador80.html O Cuban Missile Crisis O http://library.thinkquest.org/11046/days/index.html O Liberation Theology O http://atheism.about.com/od/theology/a/lib_catholic.htm O Bay of The Pigs O http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1765.html O http://www.education.miami.edu/ep/littlehavana/Monuments/Virgin1/The_Virgin_Mary/Bay_of_Pigs/bay_ of_pigs.html O http://latinamericanhistory.about.com/od/historyofthecaribbean/a/09bayofpigs.htm O Spanish American War O http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/intro.html


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