America's imperialist tendencies already were manifested in the subjugation of various Native American tribes and a key piece of legislation that would help determine US foreign policy for years to come and have repercussions to this day. ... When Costa Rica declared war on Nicaragua, Walker found that much of the native population had rebelled to join the Costa Ricans and suddenly found him outnumbered. In a second Battle of Rivas, Costa Rican and native Nicaraguan forces under the command of Costa Rican president Juan Rafael Mora routed Walker's disillusioned and disorganized merce...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Twenty million Latin American children died before the age of one. ... Early in the twentieth century, U.S. leaders urged the expansion of American influence over other countries, primarily through the selling of American goods and the spreading of American culture. The Europeans and Americans looked down on Latin America as a third world country. Latin Americans perceived the American investors as capitalistic, self-absorbed and a threat to South American independence. South America started to resent American influence yet continued to export and import heavily with the U.S. ...

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When the situation arose that African slaves didn't adapt to the conditions properly, Native Indians were forced to labor. ... The church had a dual role in Latin America. ... From an early point in the history of Latin America, the regions have enjoyed a certain level of autonomy. ... As stated earlier, the Latin American economies were based on mining and agriculture. ... During the nineteenth century, many Latin American countries gained their independence. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

American capitalism was ever as powerful as the 20th century. ... More specifically, United Fruit Company, an American company, created relationships with Central America's dictators, manipulated government to gain enormous privilege in that region and left behind labor unrest and economic crisis. ... " (4) May Stacy commented in her book 'The United Fruit Company in Latin America. ... In the beginning of the 20th century, U.S government paid Panama, Guatemala, Costa Rica and some other Latin America countries foreign debt from European power, Central America and Caribbean coun...

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His successors used the new American foothold in the North to declare that the Bering Sea was to be an area in which American authority was absolute. ... The delegates established the International Bureau of American Republics which later became the Pan-American Union, with its headquarters in Washington. ... Perry opened Japan to American trade in 1853, American businessmen had taken an increasing interest in the commerce of the Pacific. ... In the same year, seeking still greater control, American businessmen engineered the overthrow of the corrupt government of King Kalakaua of Hawaii and f...

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• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School