01:590:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Monroe Doctrine, Ossification, Promiscuity

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Latin American Studies
• Course: 01:590:101
• Professor: I.Beltran

Document Summary

William walker was invited to nicaragua by liberal party there. He didn"t annex it to be the united states. He set it up as his, to conquer more central american states. Wanted to recruit people from the us - but needed permission from pierce. This put president franklin pierce in a tough spot. Public support for walker was worrisome - northerners, broadway, plays. Latin america consists of: anti-us perspective and anti-french/european perspective. 1860 s - napoleon iii wanted to go to mexico, puts in place a puppet government. Maximilian, austria - second son (would never be king) to go to mexico, wife is carlotta. Presidency of juarez - was just put on the 500 pesos. Separated church and state, took land from the church. French idea - get the catholic presence bigger - reinvigorate. Usa was busy in the 1860s - civil war. France saw opportunity to start their expansion into the americas.