Posted by 3jordanA on November 18, 2011 at 10:17am
today we are going to finish notes and get into our groups for our test.-Dollar Diplomacy- using the US goverment to garentee loans made to foregin countries by US banks and business.*Econimic Imperialism*US banks were in control of many businesses in Latin America*US said it was needed to keep Euorpean powers out of LAtin America.-President Woodrow Wilson*Practiced Missionary Diplomacy*Us would not reconize any goverment that was oppressive, undernocraic and hostle toward the US.*Mexican Goverment was overthrown by general victoriano Huerta.*Wilson refused to reconize a goverment of butchers.*Wilson practiced watchful waiting in dealing with Huerta.*Us took over the Mexican port of Veacuz and Huerta Arrested some Americans sailors.*War was extremely close intil Argentina, Brazil, and Chile stepped in and tried to settle conflict.*Huerta rejected the plan but his goverment collapsed shortly thereafter.*Wilson recognized his govement.-Pancho Vila*At first was pro-American but soon changed after President Carranza asked Us to control Mexican mines.*Killed dozens of US citizens on two different occasins.*President Wilson ordered General John Preshing to go into Mexico and capture Vila.*Eventually, the Mexican Army clashed with Pershing's forces.8
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