HIS 1110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Neocolonialism, Dollar Diplomacy, U.S. Bancorp
22 Jul 2016
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American paternalistic attitudes and concern of european/outside intervention (driven from eco- nomic desire from political and economic issues) in western hemisphere us can"t risk be- cause w hemisphere is too important strategically. Intervention in mexico: porfirio diaz, victoriano huerta, john j. pershing. 7/22/16: mexico and us get along by the end of 19th c, thanks to diaz (rules mexico 1869- 1910 and is friendly to us and happy for their loans: 1910-1911 mexican rebellion/revolution throws country to chaos and disorder . Threatens us economy: huerta rises to power out of chaos, he does not want to pay diaz"s loans us and. Mexico and huerta"s power would fall: ( black jack ) pershing goes into mexico in 1916 for a year and searches for pan- cho villa. The rise of american hegemony: economic hegemony. Main economic actors in la in early 20th c are european (b, f, g) 1898 spanish-american war begins british have tons of money invested into.
