HIST 8 lecture notes 5.2.13 US-Latin America Policy 1823-1946 * Increasing US influence and intervention * After the removal of the Spanish monarchy’s control in the Americas‚ Cuba and Puerto Rico are the last vestiges of Spanish control in the western hemisphere * International rivalries and how they play out in this hemisphere during this period is important * Once the civil war is over‚ the US‚ as it is industrializing‚ is concerned with what they termed “our backyard”
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what happened in Guatemala and he saw how the US was a “bad guy.” Che then became a Marxist and took his ideas to Cuba. Che and Castro started the Cuban Revolution‚ Che teamed up with Fidel Castro and together they were able to take down the oppressive dictator in Cuba; Fulgencio Batista. Che and Castro used guerilla warfare to defeat Batista and his troops. Castro became the leader of Cuba and Che was his second in command. Che was an extremely violent person during and after the Cuban Revolution.
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independence‚ yellow journalism in the role of publishing the De Lome letter‚ and the USS Maine sinking (Murrin 747‚748). A consequence of the war was imperialism‚ that came along with the Treaty of Paris‚ which gave the United States the Philippines‚ Cuba‚ Puerto Rico‚ Hawaii‚ and Guatemala (Roberts). Reformation of the U.S. Navy and Army were made because it was not prepared for this war and lost more men to disease and exposure than to the enemy (The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica). There was
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lasted from April 1898 through to August 1898 was fought over the issue of the liberation of Cuba‚ a Spanish colony that was suffering under the brutality of Spain’s authority. “The war essentially grew out of Cuba’s struggle for independence. Since the early 19th century‚ many Americans had watched with sympathy the series of revolutions that ended Spanish authority throughout the Americas” ‚ yet it was in Cuba where Spain kept their autocracy alive. “The reason surrounding this was Spain’s quest of
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over missiles that were secretly placed in Cuba by the Soviet Union. The nuclear war could have started just seventeen years after the end of World War II‚ and with ten times more firepower than any other conflict because there were many advancements with nuclear missiles. Luckily‚ an agreement was later made and the missiles were taken out of Cuba with no harm done. The Cuban Missile Crisis was a thirteen day period where the people of the United States‚ Cuba‚ the Soviet Union‚ and the rest of the world
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retreated into the mountains of southern Cuba where they honed their guerilla tactics until they successfully overthrew Batista and installed Castro as the leader of Cuba. Che Guevara was such a violent person
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missile buildup in Cuba. American U-2 spy planes photographed Cuba for the next month while American intelligence noted the increasing number of Soviet ships going into and out of Cuba. On October 16th‚ President Kennedy was informed that the Soviets were building offensive missile sites in Cuba. Kennedy and his advisors developed three possible responses. The first was diplomatic action followed by military action if needed. The second option was to send military forces to Cuba without warning
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Sea‚ due to existing conflicts between Cuba and Spain. Years before the war would begin‚ there were numerous violent attempts by Cubans in the effort for independence and greater autonomy from their Spanish rulers. One was the Ten Years’ War‚ in which a sugar planter named Carlos Manuel de Cespedes‚ along with thousands of Cubans‚ led a failed attempt for independence that lasted‚ wow‚ ten years. In response to the uprisings‚ the Spanish
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As prime minister of Cuba‚ Fidel Castro used his connection with the Soviet Union to gain allies and to guarantee support for his rule. “Cuba quickly aligned with the Soviet Union‚ abolished capitalism‚ nationalize foreignowned enterprises‚ and instituted many soviet style agrarian and industrial measures” (Elliott). The Cuban Revolution solidified the relationship with the Russians because the Communistic philosophy made political friends (Elliott). The Cuban economy was subsidized by $4.5 billion
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about the relationship of Jamaica and Cuba. Two island countries so close to one another with different ways of governing‚ how and why did Jamaica not chose the socialism route‚ in doing my research I found that Jamaica had come very close to doing just that. How would have Jamaica been affected if they did follow in Cuba’s footsteps? Their economy relies heavily on U.S. tourism. Was that a factor in their choice not to follow Castro’s ways? The ties that bind Cuba and Jamaica run deep‚ according to
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