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Nearly all the countries of Latin America were ruled by caudillos.
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Colonial rule ended in Latin America. Most Colonies had gained their independence.
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President James Monroe issued what name to be called the 'Monroe Doctrine'. Until 1898 the U.S. did a little to enforce Monroe Doctrine.
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Cuba declared it's independence and fought a ten-year war against Spain.
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Transcontinental railroad connected it's east and west coasts.
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With the island in ruins, the Cubans gave up the fight.
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The U.S. had developed substantial business holdings in Cuba.
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Jose Marti, a writer who had been exiled from Cuba by the Spanish, returned to launch a second war for Cuban Independence.
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The U.S. joined Cuban war for independence.
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Ships have been built to dimensions that will allow them to pass through the canal's locks
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Cuba won their independece. However the U.S. installed a military government and continued to use control over Cuban associations.
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Panama was a province of Colombia. Theodore Roosevelt offered that country $ 10 million with an annual payment for the right to build a canal.
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With help from the U.S. Navy, they won their country's independence.
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Roosevelt issued a corollary, or extension, to the Monroe Doctrine. The Roosevelt Corollary gave the U.S. the right to be "an international police power" in the Western Hemisphere.
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The Panama canal finally opened.