HIST 1F96 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Guerrilla Warfare, Albert J. Beveridge, Roosevelt Corollary
Document Summary
Not the first time us leaders are interested in latin america (lots of interest in. Late 19th century, us becomes an imperial power (country that extends power by taking over and governing other countries) This process is linked to issues such as white supremacy, expansionism and industrialization. After winning a war with spain, us received the spanish territories cuba, puerto. Cuba: relationship between cuba and us shows a power imbalance, origins of cuban independence. Puerto rico: conflict of the status of puerto ricans in us. Jose marti (1853-1895) liberator of cuba, fought in early war and lived in exile; in ny he formed the cuban revolution party; killed in war: antonia maceo (1845-1896) bronze titan, afro-cuban, general in ten years. Economic interests: us saw western hemisphere as its sphere (see monroe doctrine) Domestic unrest: civilians thought what was happening was unfortunate and pressured government to intervene.
