Chapter 22 Sections 2-3

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Chapter 22 Sections 2-3

• The United States and Latin America

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The Panama Canal

• The U.S. wanted a short-cut that would connect
  the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
• First country to attempt France
• President Roosevelt sent troops to Colombia when
  they refused to sell us the land for the canal.
• Troops helped support a revolution by a group
  called the Panamanians when they won, they
  formed their own country of Panama

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Panama Canal, cont

• Canal is built by using a series of Locks
  which raise and lower ships across 50 mile
  isthmus
• Took ten years to build 1904-1914
• Cost 375 million to build
• 6,000 workers died building the canal

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Panama Canal cont.

• U.S. paid Panama 10 million plus 250,000 per
  year for 99 year lease
• Canal zone owned and operated by the U.S. until
  the year 2000 now owned by Panama

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Policing the Hemisphere

• Teddy Roosevelt made it clear the U.S. would be
  dominant in Western Hemisphere.
• Monroe Doctrine Policy preventing other nations
  from intervening in Latin America
• Roosevelt added the Roosevelt Corollary Still
  prevented European intervention, but added that
  U.S. could act as Policeman in region
• We could Intervene in domestic affairs if it
  helped the stability of the region

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• Dollar Diplomacy influencing governments
  through economic not military intervention.
• Wilson and Democracy
• President Wilson rejected Tafts dollar diplomacy
  and said the United States had a moral obligation
  to promote democracy in Latin America.