4 Invasions of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Philippines, Central American countries

Primary Source Text: Three classic primary sources on the Philippine/American War assembled in one place: https://blogs.baylor.edu/philippineamericanwar/document-page-3/

Primary Source Text: Roosevelt corollary to Monroe Doctrine: https://library.brown.edu/create/modernlatinamerica/chapters/chapter-14-the-united-states-and-latin-america/primary-documents-w-accompanying-discussion-questions/document-33-roosevelt-corollary-1904/

Primary Source Text: Pablu Neruda poem, “United Fruit Company:” https://library.brown.edu/create/modernlatinamerica/chapters/chapter-14-the-united-states-and-latin-america/primary-documents-w-accompanying-discussion-questions/document-35-united-fruit-co-pablo-neruda-1950/

Primary Source Text: Platt Amendment: https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/1901platt.asp

Primary Source Text: Albert Beveridge, “March of the Flag:” http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/gilded/empire/text5/beveridge.pdf

Secondary Source Text: 2021 essay by historian Dario Euraque on “banana republics” in light of January 6: https://www.historians.org/research-and-publications/perspectives-on-history/may-2021/cliché-and-caricature-why-january-6-was-not-like-a-banana-republic#:~:text=Coined%20by%20O.,exports%2C%20stereotypically%20coffee%20or%20bananas

Hollywood Movie: Amigo, 2011. Movie about U.S. forces in Philippines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6eBb9K4CH0

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