To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (1075199 ) 6/25/2018 4:50:54 PM From: Broken_Clock Read Replies (1) | Respond to History is what it is. What gives the US the right to intervene is other countries? 1850-56: U.S. soldiers defend American-built transisthmian railroad in Panama1852-53: U.S. Marines land in Argentina to protect American interests during a revolution1855: U.S. forces sent to Uruguay to protect American lives and property1856: William Walker, with a mercenary army, conquers Nicaragua. 1857: Cornelius Vanderbilt funds the war against Walker, and hires American mercenary Sylvanus M. Spencer to lead Costa Rican forces1885: Washington sends--in one of the first acts of "gunboat diplomacy"--the USS Wachusett to Guatemala to defend American lives and property1898: America defeats Spain and annexes or assumes control of Cuba, the Philippines, Puerto Rico (and also annexes Hawaii)1903: The Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty makes the U.S. the "sovereign" power in the Panama Canal Zone1904: Roosevelt announces his corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, and takes customs control of the Dominican Republic1905: U.S. Marines land in Honduras1906-09: U.S. forces occupy Cuba1910: U.S. forces land in Nicaragua and control--for the next thirty-eight years--the country's finances1912: United Fruit begins operations in Honduras1914-34: U.S. troops occupy Haiti1916-24: U.S. Marines occupy the Dominican Republic1918: U.S. army lands in Panama to protect United Fruit plantations1920-21: U.S. troops support a coup in Guatemala1926-33: U.S. marines occupy Nicaragua and wage war against Sandino's peasant army1936-79: U.S. support for the Somozas1954: CIA-United Fruit coup in Guatemala1961: CIA-supported invasion of the Bay of Pigs1966: U.S. Green Berets take part in "Operation Guatemala"; over 8,000 Guatemalans killed1981-90: U.S. funds contra war in Nicaragua1983: U.S. invasion of Granada1989: U.S. invasion ousts Panamanian dictator and former CIA operative, Manuel Noriega.english.illinois.edu
