Americans Expand Influence in Latin America
                                                    Section 5, Chapter 6
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Questions Of Inquiry

Panama:
 1.  What is the Isthmus of Panama?
 2.  Who led the first project on building the canal in 1879? What happened and why?
 3.  What revived interest in building the canal?
 4.  What was the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty?
 5.  Two arguments arose about where to build the canal.  Those who favored the Panama route argued what?
      Opponents of the route argued what?  What happened in Nicaragua?  Did this influence where the route would
      now be?
 6.  Who promoted the Panamanian route?
 7.  What was the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty?  This treaty gave us what?  
 8.  Why was the canal building so difficult?
 9.  Who led a vigorous campaign to clean up the jungle?
10. How long did the canal take to build?  How much?

Caribbean:
 1.  What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
 2.  What was the most typical form of intervention?  Patterned after U.S. actions where?

Latin America:
 1.  What is "dollar diplomacy"?

Mexico :
 1.  Who ruled Mexico since 1877?
 2.  How much had been invested in Mexico by American companies?
 3. How much (percentage) did America own in Mexico?
 4.  Who was Victoriano Huerta? 
 5.  Who was Pancho Villa?
 6.  Who was John Pershing?  Did war result?

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