1. 10.4 Notes

2.  Objective-How was Latin America affected by industrialized nations?  Standard- Describe the locations of colonial rule…Latin America

3.  Democracy failed to take hold in new nations  Old social classes and inequalities remained  Limited voting rights  Special privilege for Catholic Church  prejudice  Frequent power struggles that changed little

4.  War with the United States  In 1835 settlers in Texas from the U.S. revolted set up independent republic  1845 U.S. annexes Texas  Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana- dictator of Mexico declared war  Mexico lost  Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo- Mexico cedes almost half its territory to the United States

5.  Benito Juarez started La Reforma in 1855  Revised constitution  Separate church and state  Less military power  Civil war ensued between Juarez and conservatives who got help from the French  Juarez wins civil war but died, before he achieved all his reforms

6.  Ruled until 1911 as a harsh dictator  Economy grew under his rule  Rich prospered but most remained poor  Peonage system- hacienda owners would give advances on wages then require them to stay and work until it had been repaid

7.  During colonial rule colonies traded raw materials for finished goods with Europe  After independence the region remained dependent  Foreign investments helped but masses remained poor  Without demand for goods from the masses, few industries developed.

8.  The Monroe Doctrine-Europeans don’t interfere with western hemisphere  U.S. joined with Cuban rebels to give them independence  Platt Amendment- added to the Cuban constitution says U.S. has a right to intervene in their affairs

9.  Roosevelt Corollary- U.S. shall act as a “police power” in Western hemisphere.  Dollar Diplomacy-U.S. shall protect its investments in western hemisphere  Panama Canal- U.S. back a Panamanian Revolution vs. Columbia in order to acquire the land for the canal.