Abstract
This chapter describes the transferring of imperial power from the British to the Americans and outlines the display of American hegemony in the Caribbean during this period. It refers to key moments in US history which impacted the Caribbean, including the Monroe Doctrine (1823); the Venezuela—Guiana dispute of the 1890s; the Spanish American War, the Teller Amendment, the Platt Amendment, and the US base at Guantanamo Bay; US construction and control of the Panama Canal; President Theodore Roosevelt’s “Big Stick” diplomacy; President William H. Taft’s “Dollar Diplomacy”; President Woodrow Wilson’s “Missionary Diplomacy”; and President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “Good Neighbor Policy”.
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