Banana Republic

What were the "Banana Wars" after the Spanish-American War? (1900-1930)?

The Banana Wars was a series of military occupations by the United States in Central America primarily in the Caribbean about a trade dispute with Bananas.

Name at least two US protectorates/dictatorships from this period.

Rafael Trujillo was a Dominican military leader and dictator. He said that the Haitians had a serious problem because they were stealing from the Dominicans. He began to prosecute Haitians.

A dictator from Nicaragua Anastasio Somoza García. He controlled the country’s politics and economy through the National Guard. He fostered agriculture and tried to make Nicuargua less dependent on banana income.

Who was the most decorated US general of his generation who denounced the real motivations of so many military and economic interventions?

Smedley Darlington Butler fought during the Banana Wars and was also known as “The Fighting Quaker.“ Butler was denounced for capitalist and military interventions. He made statements on US war-making abroad.

The first part of Panama was built by the french and

Haiti became indebted and they were trying to abolish slavery

Puerto Rico does not vote, they pay taxes, and they are a American territory.