25.4 Imperialism in Latin America

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Cartoon showing a country disciplining Mexico, forcing the 'misbehaving child' to take medicine.

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United States

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In 1903, US President Teddy Roosevelt supported a rebellion that allowed _____ to become a new nation.

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Panama

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After helping Panama gain independence, the U.S. built the _____________ to shorten travel time between the Atlantic & Pacific Oceans.

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Panama Canal

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Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine:

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US could intervene in Latin American countries guilty of "chronic misconduct."

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In the early 1900s, the U.S. used "dollar diplomacy" to...

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expand its economic influence in Latin America.

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Porfirio Diaz was forced from power by ___, who attempted to reform Mexico's government.

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Francisco Madero

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The northern states were in near ______ as Pancho Villa's armed masses swept the countryside.

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anarchy

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Emilio Zapata's "Plan de Ayala" demanded the seizure and redistribution of wealthy landowners' estates to landless peasants.

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Seize and redistribute estates of wealthy landowners to landless peasants.

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Year a new constitution was enacted, setting goals of the revolution.

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1917

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Latin America prospered by _____ goods to Europe & the U.S.

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export