Latin+America

Latin America

Change Analysis Chart: Key Changes || Basic Features at the End of the Period || Causes and effects ||
 * Theme || Basic features at beginning of period || Key Continuities
 * Political || The countries had governments that were unresponsive to the needs of the people. Mostly democratic. || Most continued to be pro American. || The government abused the people and were mostly in support of the American government. || The Cold War would push the United States to make sure that there weren't Soviet Powers in the Western Hemisphere although it did occur. ||
 * ^  ||^   || There were totalitarian leaders that were placed to keep them under American control ||^   ||^   ||
 * Economic || The economies were heavily dependent of the Western nations that bought their raw goods. || They still remain heavily dependent of the nations that are fully developed, industrialized nations. || The economies depend heavily on the Western nations from buying their products. They supply the world with fruit and the raw goods needed for production. || The United States made sure that the governments that took power in the nations would serve the best interests of the U.S. economy, keeping them subservient to the imperialistic superpower. ||
 * ^  ||^   || Industrialization is taking place in the nations as they form better trading agreements with the developed world. ||^   ||^   ||
 * Social ||  ||   ||   ||   ||