Doctrines, Actions, and Events of the CMC
Monroe Doctrine, 1823 (American hegemony in Western Hemisphere) (Go here for a list of presidential doctrines)
Manifest Destiny, 1846 (birth of Democracy as a political ideology)
Mexican-American War, 1846-1848 (expansion and consolidation of America from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean)
Ostend Manifesto, 1856 (an offer to buy Cuba from Spain, in order to expand slavery)
The Civil War, 1861-1865 (Washington D.C. is the central government of the United States of America)
Spanish American War, 1898 (April to December)
The Teller Amendment, 1898 (amendment to U.S. declaration of war against Spain: proclaimed that the United States would not establish permanent control over Cuba)
United Fruit Company, 1899-1970 (a corporation with much influence in Latin American politics and economics)
Platt Amendment, 1901 (succeeds the Teller Amendment: allowed the United States "the right to intervene for the preservation of Cuban independence, the maintenance of a government adequate for the protection of life, property, and individual liberty..." Establishes Guantanamo Bay as coaling station)
Roosevelt Corollary, 1904 (reaffirms Monroe Doctrine)
Panama Canal (U.S. purchases development rights from France), 1904-1914
Russian Revolution, 1917 (birth of Communism as a political ideology)
The Cuban Revolution, 1933 (Fulgencio Batista) (Interpreting the Cuban Crisis of 1933)
The Treaty of 1934 (abrogates Platt Amendment, re-establishes Guantanamo Bay)
The Berlin Blockade (and airlift), 1948 (ignition of the Cold War: the global conflict of two competing ideologies: Democracy [America] and Communism [Soviet Union])
The National Security Act, 1947 (creates National Security Council [includes: President, Vice President, Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, Director for Mutual Security, Chairman of the National Security Resources Board, Secretaries and Under Secretaries of other executive departments] and a director of Central Intelligence and the Central Intelligence Agency[C.I.A.])
National Security Agency, 1952
Guatemala, 1954 (United States overthrows elected government)
Revolution of Cuba, 1959 (Castro ousts Batista)
Operation Mongoose, 1961-1962 (propaganda campaign against Castro)
The Jupiter Missiles (Turkey) 1961-1962
Bay of Pigs, 1961 (military fiasco to remove Castro; strategy based on Guatemala)
The Second Declaration of Havana, 1962 (Castro’s indictment of imperialism of U.S.A. and other developed countries)
Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 (The ultimate tension between Democracy and Communism; Soviets called the crisis the "Caribbean Crisis," and Cubans called the crisis the "October Crisis.")
Negotiations removal (see also)
Organization of American States (a regional agency within the United Nations)