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Good Neighbor Policy Fact 1:
The phrase "Good
Neighbor Policy" was not coined by President Franklin D.
Roosevelt. The phrase was coined by
President Herbert Hoover in 1928 during a goodwill trip
to Latin America.
Good Neighbor Policy Fact
2: Tensions between
the United States and Latin American countries were
strained because the US had periodically intervened
militarily in Latin American countries to protect its
interests.
Good Neighbor Policy Fact
3: FDR did much to improve
relations in Latin America by assigning Secretary of State, Cordell
Hull, to carry out his vision of this strategy
Good Neighbor Policy Fact
4: US military intervention in
Latin America countries relaxed as the U.S. Marines occupation of
Nicaragua in 1933 and the occupation of Haiti in 1934 was
terminated.
Good Neighbor Policy Fact 5:
In 1933 Cordell
Hull convened the Seventh Montevideo-Pan-American
Conference in Uruguay, where he committed to a policy of
non-intervention in the affairs of Latin American
countries.
Good Neighbor Policy Fact 6:
Policies of low tariffs
introduced by Cordell Hull improved the economies of the Latin
American countries that had been damaged by the
1930 Hawley-Smoot Tariff.
FDR signed the 1934 Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act reducing the
tariff levels set by Hoover and promoting trade liberalization and
cooperation with foreign governments moving to free international
trade.
Good Neighbor Policy Fact 7:
The effect of the
Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act was especially important
to Cuba where low prices on sugar had previously made it
impossible to sell to the United States.
Good Neighbor Policy Fact 8:
The Panama Canal
Treaty was re-negotiated in 1936 that granted economic
concessions to Panama and secured American access to the
Canal Zone
Good Neighbor Policy Fact 9:
The United States
government restrained from intervening when Mexico
expropriated foreign oil companies in 1938. The U.S.
Government responded with a good neighbor policy that
supported Mexico’s right to expropriate foreign assets
as long as prompt and effective compensation was
provided to American companies
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Good Neighbor Policy Fact 10:
Congress signed
the 1934 Treaty of Relations with Cuba nullifying the
1903 Platt Amendment which had enabled U.S. dominance
over Cuba and had authorized United States occupation of
that country.
Good Neighbor Policy Fact
11: The 1934 Treaty of
Relations removed Cuba from the direct sphere of
American influence with one exception. The Treaty of
Relations with Cuba allowed for the continued control of
Guantanamo Bay by the U.S. Military.
Good Neighbor Policy Fact 12:
The Inter-American Conference
for the Maintenance of Peace was held in 1936 at the request of FDR
in Buenos Aires in which the Governments of the American Republics
agreed to mutual consultation if there was a security threat to any
of the nations within the hemisphere.
Good Neighbor Policy Fact 13:
On December 9–27, 1938 the
Eighth Pan-American Conference was held in Lima, Peru. Cordell Hull
managed to ensure its security through gaining support and defense
in Latin America reasserting a united front against possible Axis
aggression against American nations during WW2, even though most
Latin American countries at the time were ruled by generals who
admired European fascism.
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Good Neighbor Policy Quote by Franklin D. Roosevelt
The following Good Neighbor Policy
quote was taken from FDR's Inaugural Address on March 4,
1933: "In the field of
world policy, I dedicate this nation to the policy of the good
neighbor, the neighbor who resolutely respects himself and, because
he does so, respects the rights of others."
FDR later reaffirmed the policy in December 1933
with the following quote:
"The definite policy of the
United States from now on is one opposed to armed intervention
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