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Name 4 U.S. States that the U.S. took from Mexico in the Mexican - American War?
Texas
Nevada
Arizona
California
Name a country that was a satellite of the Soviet Union during the Cold War?
North Korea
Cuba
What was the Platt Amendment?
U.S. would give back Cuba on 3 conditions
1) U.S. Can intervene on Cuba's economic situation
Name Three Latin American Dictators and why we supported them?
1) Manel Noriega - Panama Command Post
2) Robert Suazo Cordova - Owner of United Fruit Company
3) Somozas - Banking and Capitalism
Who was Che Guevara?
Castros Second in Command
What was Nato?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
What Caused the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The Soviet Union placed Nuclear Weapons in Cuba
What was the Truman Doctrine?
U.S. wont interfere with its neighbors unless they are threatened by Communism
Name four countries that the U.S. took from Spain in the Spanish - American War?
Guatemala
Puerto Rico
Philippines
Cuba
What was the Good Neighbor policy?
U.S. would leave Latin America alone
What was the Warsaw Pact?
Between Soviet Union, and Satellites, a mutual defense that put Soviets in Command
Define the Cold War...
War between U.S. and Soviet Union, Russia, and both their Allies.
Who was Fidel Castro?
Cuba communist dictator
Who was Nikita Khrushchev?
Premier for the Soviet Union
What was the Monroe Doctrine?
Stated by President Monroe in 1823, that the U.S. opposed further European colonization of or intervention in the Western Hemisphere
What was the United Fruit Company?
A Company that owned a lot of land in Honduras
What was suspicious about the Panamanian Revolution?
Lies about the support of the Panama Troops, and Revolution