Chapter 17.5

Question 1

Toussaint L”ouverture

Answer 1

also known as Toussaint L’Ouverture or Toussaint Bréda, was the best-known leader of the Haitian Revolution. His military and political acumen saved the gains of the first Black insurrection in November 1791.

Question 2

Saint Domingue

Answer 2

a French colony on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola from 1659 to 1804.

Question 3

Miguel Hidalgo

Answer 3

Don Miguel Gregorio Antonio Ignacio Hidalgo-Costilla y Gallaga Mandarte Villaseñor, more commonly known as Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla or simply Miguel Hidalgo, was a Mexican Roman Catholic priest and a leader of the Mexican War of Independence.

Question 4

Castilla

Answer 4

a vaguely defined historical region of Spain.

Question 5

Simon Bolivar

Answer 5

a South American soldier who was instrumental in the continent’s revolutions against the Spanish empire.

Question 6

Gran Columbia

Answer 6

a name used today for the state that encompassed much of northern South America and part of southern Central America from 1819 to 1831.

Question 7

Pedro I and Pedro II

Answer 7

Dom Pedro I nicknamed “the Liberator”, was the founder and first ruler of the Empire of Brazil. Dom Pedro II nicknamed “the Magnanimous”, was the second and last ruler of the Empire of Brazil

Question 8

Monroe Doctrine

Answer 8

the best known U.S. policy toward the Western Hemisphere.

Question 9

Portfirio Diaz

Answer 9

José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori was a Mexican general and politician who served seven terms as President of Mexico, a total of three and a half decades from 1876 to 1911.