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How did people in Latin America and the Caribbean view the U.S. “dollar diplomacy” policy?

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Daniel Rodriguez

Date Filmed

May 10, 2021

Related Units

Imperial America: U.S. Global Expansion, 1890-1915

Videos from Daniel Rodriguez

Who are you and what do you do?
  • May 10, 2021
Why don’t you use the term “U.S. protectorate” for the period from 1899 to 1934 in Cuba?
  • May 10, 2021
How did the United States influence Cuba during the period of the U.S. protectorate (1899-1934)?
  • May 10, 2021
How did the Spanish continue to influence Cuba during the era of the U.S. protectorate (1899-1934)?
  • May 10, 2021
How did gender and race relations evolve in Cuba during the period of the U.S. protectorate (1899-1934)?
  • May 10, 2021
How was life for working-class Cubans affected by the U.S. protectorate (1899-1934)?
  • May 10, 2021
How did Cuban politicians attempt to use the Platt Amendment to their own advantage?
  • May 10, 2021
Why did many Cubans resent the close ties between Cuban and American elites during the U.S. protectorate (1899-1934)?
  • May 10, 2021
What were some of the differences between the U.S. protectorate in Cuba and formal U.S. colonialism?
  • May 10, 2021
What is neocolonialism?
  • May 10, 2021
How did struggles over health and disease impact Cubans during the transition to independence?
  • May 10, 2021
How did Americans use a public health crisis in Cuba during the 1895-1898 War for Independence to call for U.S. intervention?
  • May 10, 2021
What was the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine and why was it significant?
  • May 10, 2021
What was the U.S. “dollar diplomacy” policy?
  • May 10, 2021
How did people in Latin America and the Caribbean view the U.S. “dollar diplomacy” policy?
  • May 10, 2021
How and why did President Roosevelt intervene in Colombia in order to secure Panama’s independence?
  • May 10, 2021
How did U.S. construction of the Panama Canal symbolize its growing imperial power in the region?
  • May 10, 2021
How did U.S. military interventions affect Caribbean and Latin American countries?
  • May 10, 2021
How did U.S. interventionism in the early 20th century establish the United States as a new kind of imperial power?
  • May 10, 2021
Why did some elites in Latin American and Caribbean nations support U.S. imperialist policies?
  • May 10, 2021
Why did some elites in Latin American and Caribbean nations oppose U.S. imperialist policies?
  • May 10, 2021
How did people in Latin America and the Caribbean resist U.S. imperialism?
  • May 10, 2021
How did the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920) spark a broader anti-imperialist movement against the U.S. in Latin America and the Caribbean?
  • May 10, 2021
Why are people increasingly using the term Latinx?
  • May 10, 2021
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