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Chapter 22 Sections 2-3. The United States and Latin America. The Panama Canal. The U.S. wanted a short-cut that would connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans First country to attempt: France President Roosevelt sent troops to Colombia when they refused to sell us the land for the canal.
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Chapter 22 Sections 2-3 The United States and Latin America
The Panama Canal • The U.S. wanted a short-cut that would connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans • First country to attempt: France • President Roosevelt sent troops to Colombia when they refused to sell us the land for the canal. • Troops helped support a revolution by a group called the Panamanians – when they won, they formed their own country of Panama
Panama Canal, con’t • Canal is built by using a series of “Locks” – which raise and lower ships across 50 mile isthmus • Took ten years to build – 1904-1914 • Cost $375 million to build • 6,000 workers died building the canal
Panama Canal cont…. • U.S. paid Panama $10 million plus $250,000 per year for 99 year lease • Canal zone owned and operated by the U.S. until the year 2000 – now owned by Panama
Policing the Hemisphere • Teddy Roosevelt made it clear the U.S. would be dominant in Western Hemisphere. • Monroe Doctrine: Policy preventing other nations from intervening in Latin America • Roosevelt added the Roosevelt Corollary: Still prevented European intervention, but added that U.S. could act as “Policeman” in region • We could “Intervene” in domestic affairs if it helped the ‘stability’ of the region
Dollar Diplomacy: influencing governments through economic not military intervention. • Wilson and Democracy: • President Wilson rejected Taft’s dollar diplomacy and said the United States had a moral obligation to promote democracy in Latin America.
