6 questions
1. Explain the role played by Manifest destiny in the evolution of US Latin American relations between the last decade of the 19th century and the early decades of the 20th century?
2. Explain how Fredrick jackson Turner, Alfred Thayer mahan, Jose Marti, Carlos Finlay and Orville H. Platt help us to understand the evolution of US and Latin American relations?
3 What is your take on the role of Theodore Roosevelt in shaping US and Latin American relation?
4 What general patterns can be identified in the response of the Caribbean and Central American countries to American interventionism
5 Critically analyze the denomination “banana republic” in the context of US foreign policy towards de Caribbean and Central America
6 Discuss the geopolitical importance for the US of Cuba and Panama between the late 19th century and the early 20th century