HIST 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Roosevelt Corollary, Monroe Doctrine, Platt Amendment
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History 103: development of neo-colonialism: cuba and mexico. Vocabulary: roosevelt corollary (1904, platt amendment (1901-1934, fulgencio batista, fidel castro (b. 1926: hacienda system, porfirio d az, pancho villa and emiliano zapata, venustiano carranza and lvaro obreg n. To examine the nature of the neo-colonial situation in which cuba & mexico found themselves in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. To determine the extent and impact of american involvement in both cuba and mexico. To examine the overall achievements of the cuban and mexican revolutions: latin america in the world economy. Latin america had gained independence: cuban case, the united states is concerned with cuba because of its close proximity to them, cuba was colonized by spain for hundreds of years, war of independence, 1898. Internal group - fidel castro tried/failed to overthrow batista and gets exiled overthrow batista. People who work on the land are indentured servants. If they had a wage, it was small.
