America Becomes A Colonial Power

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Roosevelt and Latin America
Honors US History US 9.4
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Our Sphere of Influence
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Puerto Rico
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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

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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.(D
  id get US citizenship)
• A resident commissioner was sent to Washington to
  vote for PR in the House.

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Cuba
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Yellow Fever
What doctors were a key to eliminating yellow
fever.
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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
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Panama
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Panama Canal
TR in Panama(Construction begins in 1904)
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Panama CanalLocks
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• 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?
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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 .
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Speak Softly,But Carry a Big Stick!
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America's New Role
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Constable of the World
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Tafts 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 Americas
  commercial interests.

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U. S. Global Investments Investments in Latin
America, 1914
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Wilsons Moral Diplomacy

• The U. S. shouldbe the conscienceof the world.
• Spread democracy.
• Promote peace.
• Condemn colonialism.

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Mexico
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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.

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The Mexican Revolution 1910s
Emiliano Zapata
Pancho Villa
Venustiano Carranza
Porfirio Diaz
Francisco I Madero
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US Intervenes in Mexico

• TAMPICO INCIDENT
• BATTLE OF VERACRUZ
• ABC

US Admiral Henry Mayo
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Venustiano Carranzadeclared himself leader of
Mexico
Supported by Wilson. Who responds with violence?
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Searching for Banditos
General John J. Pershing with PanchoVilla in
1914.
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U. S. Interventions in Latin America 1898-1920s