1. Imperialism in Latin America
By: Anna, Parker, Alexa, Nathan, Gracen, Cobi

2. The U.S. in Latin America
United states began to intervene in the affairs of southern neighbors in the late 1800s
1895- Jose Marti lead revolt in Cuba against Spanish role
The brutality of that war was what led the United States to declare war against the Spanish
Result- Cuba became protectorate of the United States
In 1903 President Theodor Roosevelt Supported the rebellion that led to the making of the Panama Canal
The Panama Canal separated them from Columbia and made a new nation
The United States built the panama canal that opened in 1914
The canal connects to the Atlantic and Pacific
It takes about 8-10 hours for a ship to move through the Panama Canal
After that President Rosevelt expanded the involvement in Latin America

3. The U.S in Latin America (continued)
During this time the European powers threatened to send warships to Santo Domingo to collect debts
Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe- united states would intervine
United States took control of the debt collection
United states replaced Europe as source of loans and investments
Investments 7.5 billion dollars out of country
U.S. sent troops to
Cuba
Mexico
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
Panama
Columbia
Haiti
Dominican Republic

4. Revolution in Mexico
Landowners took a more direct interest national policies and even in governing
Some countries even supported dictator who looked out for them
Porfirio Diaz ruled Mexico and created a conservative
The army supported Diaz
Led to the revolution
During this time the wages of workers had declined
Now 95% of people living in a rural population owned no land
About 1000 families own most of Mexico
Francisco Madero forced Diaz from power in 1911
Madero was a liberal landowner
Madero made a bigger effort to handle the revolution
He put good administrators in his office that helped
However his efforts were not effective

5. Revolution in Mexico
The northern states were almost in anarchy because Panacho Villa’s armed bandits
Emiliano Zapata led a agrarian reform
He aroused a lot of peasants without land
Even though Madero wanted and agreement Zapata did not
The Mexican revolution caused a lot of damage to the economy
A new constitution was made in 1917 to help them get out of this economical trouble
This led to the creation of land reform policies, established limits to foreign investments and set an agenda to help the workers

6. Prosperity and Social Change
Based to a large extent on the export of a few basic items
Exchanged for finished goods
The also increased their own industrialization and built factories to produce there goods
Still they are underdeveloped region
They still kept old pattern and there old ways
The middle class still shared some characteristics
Lived in cities
Sought education and decent incomes
Export economy boomed especially after 1914
The industrialization led to urbanization
By that time about 53 percent of Argentina's population lived in cities