Us ideologies
During the 1950s the USA made decisions on foreign policy with the goal of containing this
What is Communism?
The P.D.F.
Who are the Panamanian Defense Forces?
On June 27, 1954, this organisation supported the deposing of democratically elected Guatemalan president Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán in a bid to protect the profits of the United Fruit Company.
What is the C.I.A. (CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY) ?
The abortive invasion of Cuba by American backed rebels at Bahía de Cochinos
What was the Bay of Pigs Invasion
Following the appointment of this man as Prime Minister Iranians there were calls for greater control of their natural resources
Who is Mohammed Mossadegh?
In 1823 this was passed proclaiming the US as the protector of the Western Hemisphere by forbidding European powers from colonizing additional territories in the Americas
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
In 1992, he was found guilty on eight counts of drug trafficking, racketeering, and money laundering, marking the first time in history that a U.S. jury convicted a foreign leader of criminal charges
Who is Manuel Noriega?
Following the coup, Guatemala became a garrison state for how long?
What is 40 years?
Fidel Castro had overthrown this leader in 1959
Who is Fulgencio Batista?
In this year The US helps to stage a coup to overthrow Iran’s democratically elected prime minister, following him nationalizing his country's oil fields
What is 1953?
The official name for 'the Big Stick Policy' that was passed in 1904 and used to police the small debtor nations with unstable governments.
What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
The name of the operation to overthrow Noriega in Panama following the shooting death of US Marine within the Panama Canal Zone
What is Operation Just Cause?
In 1952, a new law was passed, ordering the expropriation of all property that was larger than six hundred acres and not in cultivation. The confiscated lands were to be divided up among the landless.
What is Decree 900?
In retaliation to Castro's actions, this President saw to it that the United States cut off sugar purchases from Cuba and soon thereafter placed an embargo on all exports to Cuba except food and medicine. In January 1961 in one of the final acts of his administration, broke diplomatic ties with Cuba.
Who is President Eisenhower?
After toppling Mossadegh, the US supports this Iranian monarch to rule as Shah of Iran
Who is Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ?
the supposed inevitability of the continued territorial expansion of the boundaries of the United States westward to the Pacific and beyond.
What is Manifest Destiny?
In 1970, this rising figure in the Panamanian military, was recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to assist in the U.S. struggle against the spread of communism in Central America
Who is Manuel Noriega?
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and CIA Director Allen Dulles implored President Eisenhower to depose the democratically elected Guatemalan President dubbed as
What is Operation Success?
Following the failed attempt of invading Cuba. Castro took prisoners and asked for $53,000,000 worth of
What are food and medicine?
In this year, the US signs a civil nuclear cooperation agreement with Iran. The agreement provides Iran with technology and resources that eventually become the foundation for its controversial nuclear program, which it begins developing in the 1970s with support from the US.
What is 1957?
Any significant activity intentionally undertaken by a government to influence the political or economic affairs of another country
What is Interventionism?
Following the Invasion of Panama, the European Parliament and the Organisation condemned it as a flagrant violation of international law.
What is the Organisation of American States?
The Leader of the Guatemalan Coup who was backed by the US and set in motion 40 years of terror
Who was Carlos Castillo Armas
The failed invasion attempt was linked to this 1962 crisis
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The Shah flees Iran following Millions of Iranians taking to the streets in protest of his regime, which they view as corrupt and illegitimate. His departure paves the way for this exiled Iranian to become the leader of Iran
Who is Ayatollah Khomeini?