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How did U.S. military interventions affect Caribbean and Latin American countries?

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Daniel Rodriguez

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May 10, 2021

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

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How did the United States influence Cuba during the period of the U.S. protectorate (1899-1934)?
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What is neocolonialism?
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How did U.S. construction of the Panama Canal symbolize its growing imperial power in the region?
How did U.S. military interventions affect Caribbean and Latin American countries?
How did U.S. interventionism in the early 20th century establish the United States as a new kind of imperial power?
Why did some elites in Latin American and Caribbean nations support U.S. imperialist policies?
Why did some elites in Latin American and Caribbean nations oppose U.S. imperialist policies?
How did people in Latin America and the Caribbean resist U.S. imperialism?
How did the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920) spark a broader anti-imperialist movement against the U.S. in Latin America and the Caribbean?
Why are people increasingly using the term Latinx?
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