Evolution of the Monroe Doctrine

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Evolution of the Monroe Doctrine

• Pre 1823
• Early Monroe Doctrine
• Maturation of Monroe Doctrine, 1895
• US Interventionist Diplomacy
• Emergence of Good Neighbor Policy
• The Cold War and Latin America

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Pre 1823

• U.S. Preoccupied by the purchase of Florida,
  1817-21- did not want to spoil negotiations
• 1821-24 U.S. recognized Latin American Republics
• By 1824 18 of 20 Latin American colonies
  independent

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James Monroe, President, 1817-1825
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Monroe Doctrine Text

• http//www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/monroe.htm

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Early Monroe Doctrine

• Formulation of Monroe-Potential role of Great
  Britain
• Monarchist tendencies of Latin Americahow did
  M.D. fit in?
• US reactions to European presence in Latin
  America?
• Spain, France in Mexico 1829, 1838
• Britain and Falklands/Malvinas 1833
• British role in Brazil, Argentina
• French occupation of Mexico, 1861-67

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Maturation of Monroe Doctrine

• 1890-1914 Era of World imperialism

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US Response to Imperialism

• Formulation of U.S. concept of strategic defense
  of land and sea borders
• Spanish Cuban War (1895) Spanish-American War
• Revived interest in Panama Canal

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Panama Canal
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US Interventionist Diplomacy

• Roosevelt Corollary to Monroe Doctrine
• http//www.theodore-roosevelt.com/trmdcorollary.ht
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• Led to Big Stick Diplomacy in Dominican
  Republic, Haiti, Cuba
• Dollar Diplomacy of the 1920s

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Emergence of Good Neighbor Policy

• Started during Hoover administration
  (1928-32)-repudiated moralistic policies of
  Woodrow Wilson
• Role of the Depression troop withdrawal
• Preparations for War in Europe
• Strengthened Inter-Am. Organizations
• Need to secure strategic war resources in L.Am.,
  especially minerals
• Desire to keep Fascists out of Latin America

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The Cold War and Latin America

• Consequences of WWII Shift of US fears from
  Fascism to Communism
• Treaty of Rio 1947
• Latin Americas response to the Marshall Plan,
  1948
• Use of foreign aid and Rio Treaty to counteract
  communism and nationalism in Latin America