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History II
Chapter 18: U.S. and Latin America
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Foraker Act | -established a civil gov. in Puerto Rico -authorized the Pres. of U.S. to appoint a governor and part of the Puerto Rico leg. |
| Insular Cases | supreme court determines the rights of Puerto Ricans |
| Jones-Shafroth Act | -granted Puerto Ricans more citizenship -gave islanders greater control over their own leg. |
| Platt Amendment | -restricted the rights of newly indep. Cubans -prevented Cuba from signing a treaty with another nation without U.S. approval |
| Big Stick Diplomacy | created by Theodore Roosevelt which depended on strong military to achieve Amer. goals |
| Panama Canal | bought by a french company to build a canal and 10 mill. year rent |
| Panamanian Rebellion | rebellion against Columbia which gave Panama independence and building the canal |
| Roosevelt Corollary | updated Monroe Doctrine for age of economic imperialism |
| Francisco Garcia Calderon | Peruvian diplomat who contended the Monroe Doctrine by taking aggressive form |
| Augusto Sandino | -Nicaraguan spokesman that felt U.S. threatened sovereignty and liberty of his people -led army of guerrillas |
| William Howard Taft | Rep. pres. of 1908 that was handpicked by Roosevelt and shared his foreign policy |
| William Jennings Bryan | defeated by Taft in the general election |
| Dollar Diplomacy | created by Taft which was aimed to increase Amer. investments in business and banks. |
| Woodrow Wilson | Dem. pres. of 1912 that criticized the foreign policy |
| William Jennings Bryan | Sec. of State of 1912 and was defeated by Taft |
| Moral Diplomacy | where U.S. wouldn't force to assert influence in the world but promote human rights |
| Porfirio Diaz | Mexican dictator who benefitted small upper class of wealthy landowners, clerks, and mill. men |
| Francisco Madero | -led Mex. Revolution that toppled Diaz -committed to reform-weak adm. |
| Gen. Victoriano Huerta | seized power and executed Madero |
| Venustiano Carranza | reformer that organized anti-Huerta forces |
| Francisco Panco Villa | Carranza governor that raided the town of Columbus leaving 18 Amer. dead |
| John J. Pershing | -sent by Wilson to Mex. but he failed to capture Villa -took command of Amer. Expeditionary Force in France |
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