Latin America Dbq

We can assess the position of U.S. in world affairs, especially in Latin America, by looking at our history and how our country is today. Back in the late 1800s - early 1900s, was the beginning of the supremacy of the United States. From industrialization, to imperialism, to economics and politics. The United States has a huge impact on the world as well as the world has impacted America. During the time of the industrial revolution, many factories were built and they created job opportunities which led to the result of millions of immigrants entering our country to work in the factories. Not only was there an increase in population, but many businesses and factories started popping up everywhere. Factories of textile led to the great railroads around the …show more content…
Since we had the mindset that we were destined to expand we started to get involved in other countries. An example of the U.S. intervening with other countries was when we went into Cuba and helped them win independence from Spain. This was the Spanish-American War, as an end result, America won many new territories such as the Philippines and was then saw as “powerful”. Another example could be when America used its “Big Stick” and intimidated the Columbians while fighting the Panamanians in the revolution. As a result Panama won its independence and the United States made a treaty with Panama to build the Panama Canal. From the Panama Canal, trade increased and economically surpassed the world. The Panama Canal allowed many different countries to pass through and trade with the U.S. and other parts of Latin America. An economic boom came in through trade and items that were high on demand. In today’s world, the iPhone is a very high demand product all over the world. But back in early-1900s, steel was in very high demand to build railroads, and this helped increase the United State’s economy. The increase of economies around the world led to a political