Chapter 15. Latin America in the World Arena, 1800s-1980s


  1. Moments and Events in U.S.-Latin American Relations:
    1. Essay #41: “A History of U.S. Policy Towards Haiti,” by Ann Crawford-Roberts
    2. Essay #42: “Occupational Hazards: How 20 years of U.S. occupation led to decades of human suffering,” by Cameron Parsons
    3. Essay #43: “Luis Muñoz Martin: Founding Father of Modern Puerto Rico,” by Juan Ruiz Toro
  2. Primary Documents:
    1. Document #37: “Monroe Doctrine,” James Monroe (1823)
    2. Document #38: Abraham Lincoln on the Mexican-American War (1848)
    3. Document #39: “Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine,” Theodore Roosevelt (1904)
    4. Document #40: “Brazil, the United States, and Pan Americanism,” Baron of Rio Branco (1905)
    5. Document #41: “Address at a White House Reception for Members of Congress and for the Diplomatic Corps of the Latin American Republics,” John F. Kennedy (1961)
  3. Discussion Questions
  4. Further Reading