Argentina: Early Years Economically

Question 1

Sáenz Peña Law 1912:

Answer 1

universal, secret & compulsory male suffrage

1916-1928 sees more support for middle class workers

Question 2

British get low tarrifs

Answer 2

grains, manufactured goods, a promise to spend British sterling on Argentine goods,

Argentina did not appreciate

Question 3

Juan Perón

Answer 3

followed Il Duce’s footsteps to focus on labor and represent things the workers want (better pay, working conditions, social security/pensions)

Providing all kinds of worker support to eventually get them to vote for him. Military arrest, part of reasoning, promotions due to loyalty to Perón, not merit

Question 4

In 1945, Ava Perón and 500,000 civilians protest

Answer 4

at Juan Perón’s imprisonment due to his working class support

Question 5

The US opposes Perón, which he uses…

Answer 5

to compare the U.S. to their enemies the British and build nationalism and loyalism to him.