ch.18 sct.4 CT #4

I do not think the U.S.should have become invloved in those Latin American affairs because the U.S. only had so much power - it was silly to try and spread themselves all around the world (China->Colombia) and everything just ended upin a huge mess with a binch of little mini-wars.
The Roosevelt Corollary DID have pretty positive results for the U.S. because we got control of Nicaragua's railroads and its national bank. But, I still don't think it was worth it because of all the effort involved to put down the revolts, ect. The dollar diplomacy was often used to keep European countries out of the Caribbean (p.569), so I guess that was positive too, but that's a responsibility to GUARENTEE loans, and we'll see if it comes into play later... The implication of Wilson's diplomacy was that Americans would NOT tolerate bad, hostile governments, which gave the U.S. a lot of power and responsibility.
This "evidence" of America's involvement seems to be a positive thing for the U.S. but I still think they should not have gotten involved because they didn't really end up with any long lasting, significant benefits (besides the Panama Canal), and it cost a lot of effort and money to keep sending troops down there and fighting mini wars.