USA & The Monroe Doctrine
US expansion moved westward until it reached this body of water.
Pacific Ocean
Latin America is considered all of the Western Hemisphere south of this country.
United States
Industrialization
This declaration, made in 1823, recognized the independence of Latin American nations.
Monroe Doctrine
???? ----> economic prosperity ----> US enters global politics
Industrial Revolution
This leader was responsible for liberating the northern areas of Latin America
Simón Bolivar
Industrial nations needed these two things to expand their economies.
Natural resources & markets
In this form of imperialism, the territory is controlled by a government put in place by the outside power.
Colony
The largest piece of land acquired from France through economic means was this territory
Louisiana Purchase
These events inspired the Latin American independence movement.
American and French Revolutions
In this form of imperialism, a territory has its own government, but is overseen by the government of an outside power.
Protectorate
This form of imperialism became most commonly applied in China.
Spheres of Influence.
US territory expanded through which three means?
Economic, political, and military
France, Spain, England
Industrialization ---> Imperialism ---> ????
Nationalism
This was referred to as the "lifeline of the British Empire" and connected the Mediterranean and Red Seas.
Suez Canal
According to the Monroe Doctrine, any attempt to impose European systems on the Western Hemisphere would be seen as what?
A threat to the peace of the United States
Identify THREE general causes for revolutions in Latin America
- Rigid social class system established by European powers
- Centralized rule by colonial powers
- Increase of nationalism
- Increasingly educated creole middle class
- Influence of Enlightenment and American/French Revolutions
The first one of these was founded in the mid-1800s in India.
Indian Nationalist parties
Identify FOUR Latin American countries who gained their independence in the 1800s.
Mexico, Colombia, Haiti, Venezuela, Brazil