143853271 | Neo-Colonialism | control by a powerful country of its former colonies (or other less developed countries) by economic pressures | 0 | |
143853272 | Fidel Castro | Cuban socialist leader who overthrew a dictator in 1959 and established a Marxist socialist state in Cuba (born in 1927) | 1 | |
143853273 | Diego Rivera | socialist Mexican painter of murals (1886-1957) | 2 | |
143853274 | Augusto Cesar Sandino | latin american hero from Nicaragua who lead guerrilla war against US | 3 | |
143853275 | dollar diplomacy | diplomacy influenced by economic considerations | 4 | |
143853276 | Yankee Imperialism | When the American investors poured into Cuba, buying up plantations, factories, railroads, and refineries. | 5 | |
143853277 | Vargas | dictator-president who turned Brazil into an estado novo with new industries such as steel. | 6 | |
143853278 | Good Neighbor Policy | President Franklin Roosevelt's policy intended to strengthen friendly relations with Latin America | 7 | |
143853279 | Juan Batista Sacasa | elected president of Nicaragua in 1932 before he was assasinated | 8 | |
143853280 | Anastacio Somoza Garcia | dictator of Nicaragua after being head of the National Guard and assassinating the President, collected large fortune, had U.S. support | 9 | |
143853281 | National Guard | U.S. trains Nicaraguan guard in effort to help Nicaragua rule itself and get U.S. marines out of the country. | 10 | |
143853282 | Lazaro Cardenas | President of Mexico (1934-1940). He brought major changes to Mexican life by distributing millions of acres of land to the peasants, bringing representatives of workers and farmers into the inner circles of politics, and nationalizing the oil industry | 11 | |
143853283 | United Fruit Company | U.S. corporation that controlled the banana trade in much of Latin America | 12 | |
143853284 | Chiquita Banana | fruit version of carmen and tried to show that the united fruit companies neocolonialism wasnt negative | 13 |
Latin America after WW1 Flashcards
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