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Chapter 17

Chapter 17. Section 3. -Teller Amendment (1898) -Platt Amendment (ensured American sphere of influence in Cuba) -protectorate . Cuba. -Foraker Act. Puerto Rico. The Panama Canal. -needed a way to reach get from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean quicker -Isthmus of Panama

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Chapter 17

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  1. Chapter 17 Section 3

  2. -Teller Amendment (1898) -Platt Amendment (ensured American sphere of influence in Cuba) -protectorate Cuba

  3. -Foraker Act Puerto Rico

  4. The Panama Canal

  5. -needed a way to reach get from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean quicker -Isthmus of Panama -Republic of Columbia Panama canal

  6. -Panamanian revolutionaries plot to break free of Columbian rule -supported by T. Roosevelt -interested in building the Panama Canal --Nov. 2, 1903- rebellion begins -Hay-BunauVarilla Treaty-Nov. 1903 -gave U.S. sovereignty over a 10 mile wide Canal Zone Panama revolution

  7. -yellow fever, malaria -44,000 workers -frequent accidents, deaths, and lost equipment -August 1914- S.S. Ancon becomes the first ship to officially pass through the canal Panama Canal construction

  8. -Monroe Doctrine- idle threat -Roosevelt Corollary- amendment to the Monroe Doctrine -created more stability in Latin America; kept European powers out -also made some Latin America countries feeling uneasy Roosevelt corollary

  9. -U.S. influence in Latin America became stronger -dollar diplomacy -suggested Americans buy out Latin American loans -caused resentment in Latin America Taft’s “dollar diplomacy”

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