How It Affected The U.S.

The Latin America in the late 1800s affected the world in many different ways.

In 1898, When the United States "liberated" Cuba from Spain. Teddy Roosevelt helped Panama become an independent country. Afterward, the U.S built the Panama Canal and it increased trade in region.

Before the Spanish America War started, the United State interests in Cuba. They even supporting the insurrection of the Cubans against Spain.