Chpt.36 Sect.4

Question 1

Latin America economic status

Answer 1

Most poor
No land of own
Many revolutions
Invited outside interference

Question 2

President James Monroe

Answer 2

Issues Monroe Doctrine 1823
Any attempts to gain colonies in lAtin America seen as unfriendly act towards US
Most or Europeans went along w/ it
British navy supported America

Question 3

Prince Maximillian of Austria

Answer 3

Emperor of Mexico

Question 4

Late 1800s/Spain

Answer 4

Colonies in Cuba and Puerto Rico

Question 5

Cuban Revolutions

Answer 5

1868
1895
Eager to be independent
Americans invested there wanted rebels to win

Question 6

1898/American Battleship

Answer 6

U.S.S Maine blew up in harbour of Havana, Cuba
US blamed Spanish
Congress declared war on Spain

Question 7

Spanish-American War

Answer 7

US won in less than yr
Peace treaty
US given Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippine islands, Cuba (protectorate)

Question 8

Panama Canal

Answer 8

Solved problem of protecting territories
Shortened all-water route by 7000 miles/11,200 km
Cuz needed to sail between Caribbean and a Pacific Ocean
President Roosevelt

Question 9

Province in Columbia

Answer 9

Panama

Question 10

Problem for Canal building

Answer 10

US and Columbia could not come to an agreement
1903 US supported rev against Columbia
Won
Treaty signed w/ Panama for leasing land
Columbians angry at US

Question 11

1914

Answer 11

Panama Canal opened

Question 12

US interest continued cuz

Answer 12

Countries having political and financial progress
US wanted to protect business investments
1912-1916 gov sent American soldiers or Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Haiti