Chapter 100 Questions Flashcards
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- the agreement by which Spain sold Florida to the United States in 1819
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The Adams-Onis Treaty/Florida treaty, formed by J.Q. Adams and Spanish Ambassador
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- why Napoleon was willing to sell the Louisiana Territory to the United States
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Wants money for war efforts for, US wanted New Orleans
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- the only other nation in the Western Hemisphere with a monarchy after independence, besides Mexico
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Brazil Pedro 1
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- Paraguay’s disastrous war in 1870
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Francisco Solano Lopez war with Brazil and Chile
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- The term for a small ruling group with economic, political, and social control
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Oligarchy
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- Conservatives and liberals in Latin American politics
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Liberals freedom Conservatives Slavery
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- Common denominators found in Latin American history
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agricultural, investment of other materials by other countrys
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- Racial composition of the Latin American peoples
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A rainbow
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- “La Gorras Blancas”
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was a group active in the American Southwest in the late 1880s and early 1890s in response to Anglo-American land grabbers.
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- who were the rurales
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Diaz personal guard/police to enforce his laws
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- Jose Antonio Navarro
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One of the Founding fathers of Texas, signed decalration
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- Mexico’s trade policies after achieving independence from Spain
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Raw materials to exports, receive manufacturing goods
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- The reasons why the United States and Mexico went to war
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Disputes over Texas border, Polk’s ambition for expanisonism
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- The complexities of emancipation of slaves
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Money, cheap labor
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- Venezuela’s Cucuta Slave Law of 1821
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Children of slaves after age of 18 become free
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- A Central American country where the United States did not intervene
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Argentina
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- Term used by Taft Administration to describe U.S. use of military and diplomatic power
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“Bull-Moose”
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- Battle between British and German warships in Western Hemisphere during World War I
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1917 Brazil
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- Differences between Pan American Union and Organization of American States
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PAN= All countries equal, OAS a secretary director (American) he has most votes
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- The Ostend Manifesto
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US proposal to take over Cuba from Spain
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- The economic contribution of Henry Meiggs to South America
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“Don Enrique” virtual dictator of Peru, was building railroads
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- What the famous holiday Cinco de Mayo commemorates
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Mexico victory over the French at the sate of Puebla
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- The economic contribution of Minor Cooper Keith to Central America
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Railroad, commercial agriculture, shipping enterprises in Columbia Created the Chiquita brands
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- The Clayton-Bulwer Treaty of 1850
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Between US and UK in 1850 to build the Nicaraguan canal.
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25. William Walker in Central America
President of Nicaragua for a year, military expeditions
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26. Precedent for the U.S. Congress passing the Guano Islands Act in 1856
All guano islands are in control of the US
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27. The Virginius affair of 1870
Us ship Virginius captured by Cubans in Santiago Cuba
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28. The notorious De Lome letter of 1898
Describes US President McKinley as a weak person by Spanish ambassador DeLome
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29. American ambassador who helped ease Church-State tensions in Mexico
Dwight Morrow
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30. Why President Lazaro Cardenas expropriated foreign-owned oil concessions in Mexico
"Good neighbor policy" Low prices for oil and other people can own it from other couturiers
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31. The principal element of President Cardenas’s land reform program
Land reform, returned lands, fixed taxes formed Pemex
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32. The reform that President Francisco Madero’s program neglected
Social reforms did not have the strive to leave
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33. Role of Catholic Church and conservatives during the War of the Reform
a long record of siding with the aristocracy and of involving itself in matters of state. Mexican bishops for the most part came from the upper classes and opposed social and economic reforms.
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34. a Mexican general who did not become president in the 1910 Revolution era
Madero chapter 4
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35. causes of the Cristero Revolt in Mexico
gave Calles the opportunity to implement, by decree, the Constitution’s antichurch articles. These included severe restrictions on parochial education, the registration of priests, and limitations on how many priests could live in a state. The church hierarchy responded by closing down the churches in July 1926. No masses, no baptisms or marriages, nothing to be done until the government withdrew its restrictions. In turn the government jailed and exiled priests and bishops.
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36. the San Luis Potosi group
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a group of elite and middle-class intellectuals met to discuss their nation’s future under the aging Porfirio Diaz. Diaz had effectively ruled Mexico since 1876. From the elite class came Camilio Arriaga and Francisco Madero; middle-class representatives included Antonio Diaz Soto y Gama, Juan Sarabia, Librado Rivera, and the Flores Magon brothers, Ricardo and Enrique.
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37. a crucial mistake that President Porfirio Diaz made about elections
promise to step down and the election to be a free one
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38. why President Woodrow Wilson ordered the Navy and Marines to Veracruz
The incident came in the midst of poor diplomatic relations between Mexico and the United States, and was related to the ongoing Mexican Revolution.
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39. the most famous slogan of the Spanish-American War
Remember the Maine
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40. what exactly was the reason for the U.S.S. Maine blowing up
Engine got hot and exploded
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41. the Ten Years War in Cuba
Ten years for Independence from Spain Last 3 months of the war us got involved and won.
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42. the Cuban struggle for independence, and when it began
In 1848 Narciso Lopez, a Venezuelan exile, attempted to organize a revolt in Cuba against Spain.
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43. provisions of the Platt Amendment
withdrawn troops from Cuba except Guantanamo bay
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44. the first great effort to build the Panama Canal
French leadership of Ferdinand DE Lesseps, could not finish it bankrupt, not engeineer
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45. the purpose of the U.S. Neutrality Patrol before the U.S. entered World War II
To protect merchant ships from submarine attack
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46. the Graf Spee episode of December 1939
Battle of River Plate, only fight in the western hemisphere UK. Nazi
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47. a major concern for the U.S. prior to its entry into World War II
Merchant ships
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48. two Latin American nations that took an active part in fighting in World War II
Mexico and Brazil
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49. Hans Langdorff, captain of the Graf Spee
Uruguay in a port, let his sailors to get out of ship, fix the ship and left his sailors to Uruguay and left for the UK to sink him
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50. Latin America’s response to the U.S. entering World War II
Different, most of them supported, Mexico US allys
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52. U.S. policy on Latin America after World War II
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51. The chief accomplishment of the Chapultepec Conference
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53. U.S. policy concerns on Latin America in the 1950s
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54. the agreement that created a Western Hemisphere permanent military alliance
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55. Hollywood movies and Latin American themes during World War II
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56. the only Latin American nation to send troops to fight in Korea
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57. how the U.S. Navy defined the Western Hemisphere in 1942
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58. response of Western Hemisphere nations to World War II
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59. definition of Pan Americanism
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60. the birth of the Pan American movement
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61. the original idea of Pan Americanism
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62. Brazilian President who created idea of moving his country’s capital to Brasilia
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63. accomplishments of the First Pan American Conference of 1889
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64. U.S. view of Pan Americanism prior to World War II
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65. the term that best describes Latin America’s attitude to Pan Americanism 1898-1934
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66. who ran the Pan American Union as it was originally structured
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67. the Pan American Union during World War I
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68. the League of Nations and Latin America during the 1920s
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69. key person in directing U.S. policy on Latin America, 1934-1941
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70. behavior of Charles Evans Hughes at Sixth Pan American Conference, 1928
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71. Hawley-Smoot Tariff of 1930 and its impact on Latin America
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72. reasons why the U.S. created the Good Neighbor Policy in the 1930s
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73. an example of a failure by the Alliance for Progress
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74. U.S. trade and tariff policies with Latin America, 1960s
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75. feeling of many delegates at Punta del Este Conference about Alliance prospects
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76. why the Machado dictatorship in Cuba fell
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77. the U.S. and the civil war in the Dominican Republic in 1965
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78. consequences of the U.S. reaction to the 1959 Cuban Revolution
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79. U.S. Presidents who did not intervene in Latin American affairs in 20th century
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80. why the OAS sided with the U.S. during the crisis in the Dominican Republic
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81. how Rafael Trujillo antagonized many Latin American countries
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82. reason why Che Guevara probably met his death in Bolivia in 1967
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83. background on Fidel Castro
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84. result of Cuba’s attempt to industrialize with help of Communist nations
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85. how the CIA disobeyed Kennedy in planning the Bay of Pigs invasion
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86. what the 26th of July commemorates in Cuba
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87. who in Cuba opposed Castro in 1959 and 1960
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88. the U.S. and the Somoza dictatorship in Nicaragua
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89. a “pull” factor for Mexican immigration to the U.S., 1910-1930
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90. reasons given by critics of George W. Bush’s policy on immigration from Mexico
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91. name given to Mexicans brought to U.S. as farm workers, 1942-1965
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92. what the “back door” of immigration to the U.S. in the 1920s referred to
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93. a continuing source of irritation between the U.S. and Mexico
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94. the Mexican government’s response to repatriates in the 1930s
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95. Public Law 78
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96. significance of Magdalena Bay
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97. number of member nations in OAS at start of 21st century
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98. basis of Jimmy Carter’s Latin American policy
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99. why the Allende government in Chile fell
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100. what the affair in Guatemala in 1954 demonstrated regarding the U.S.
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