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Roosevelt and Latin America

Roosevelt and Latin America. Honors US History US 9.4. Our “Sphere of Influence”. Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico: 1898. 1900 - Foraker Act . PR became an “unincorporated territory.” Citizens of PR, not of the US. Import duties on PR goods

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Roosevelt and Latin America

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  1. Roosevelt and Latin America Honors US History US 9.4

  2. Our “Sphere of Influence”

  3. Puerto Rico

  4. Puerto Rico: 1898 • 1900 - Foraker Act. • PR became an “unincorporated territory.” • Citizens of PR, not of the US. • Import duties on PR goods • US appoints PR governor and upper house of legislature • Puerto Rican voters elect lower house

  5. Puerto Rico: 1898 • 1917 – Jones Act. • Gave full territorial status to PR. • Removed tariff duties on PR goods coming into the US. • PRs elected theirown legislators &governor to enforcelocal laws. • PRs could NOT votein US presidentialelections.(Did get US citizenship) • A resident commissioner was sent to Washington to vote for PR in the House.

  6. Cuba

  7. Yellow Fever What doctors were a key to eliminating yellow fever.

  8. Cuban Independence? Teller Amendment (1898) Platt Amendment (1903) • Cuba was not to enter into any agreements with foreign powers that would endanger its independence. • The U.S. could intervene in Cuban affairs if necessary to maintain an efficient, independent govt. • Cuba must lease Guantanamo Bay to the U.S. for naval and coaling station. • Cuba must not build up an excessive public debt. Senator Orville Platt

  9. Panama

  10. Panama Canal TR in Panama(Construction begins in 1904)

  11. Panama CanalLocks

  12. Who was the chief engineer and architect of the canal? Who was considered the genius of the Panama Canal? What other disease was a problem? Why?

  13. The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine: 1905 Chronic wrongdoing… may in America, as elsewhere, ultimately require intervention by some civilized nation, and in the Western Hemisphere the adherence of the United States to the Monroe Doctrine may force the United States, however reluctantly, in flagrant cases of such wrongdoing or impotence, to the exercise of an international police power .

  14. Speak Softly,But Carry a Big Stick!

  15. America's New Role

  16. Constable of the World

  17. Taft’s “Dollar Diplomacy” Improve financialopportunities for American businesses. Use private capital tofurther U. S. interestsoverseas. Therefore, the U.S. should create stability and order abroad that would best promote America’s commercial interests.

  18. U. S. Global Investments &Investments in Latin America, 1914

  19. Wilson’s “Moral Diplomacy” The U. S. shouldbe the conscienceof the world. Spread democracy. Promote peace. Condemn colonialism.

  20. Mexico

  21. The Mexican Revolution: 1910s Victoriano Huerta seizes control of Mexico and puts Madero in prison where he was murdered. Venustiano Carranza, Pancho Villa, Emiliano Zapata, and Alvaro Obregon fought against Huerta. The U.S. also got involved by occupying Veracruz and Huerta fled the country. Eventually Carranza would gain power in Mexico.

  22. The Mexican Revolution: 1910s Emiliano Zapata Pancho Villa Venustiano Carranza Porfirio Diaz Francisco I Madero

  23. TAMPICO INCIDENT BATTLE OF VERACRUZ ABC US Intervenes in Mexico US Admiral Henry Mayo

  24. Venustiano Carranzadeclared himself leader of Mexico Supported by Wilson. Who responds with violence?

  25. Searching for Banditos General John J. Pershing with PanchoVilla in 1914.

  26. U. S. Interventions in Latin America: 1898-1920s

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