MEXICAN AMERICAN HISTORY ACTUAL STUDY GUIDE

Question 1

WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE MISSION?

Answer 1

TO CIVILIZE AND CHRISTIANIZE INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS

Question 2

WHY DID SPAIN ESTABLISH PRESIDIOS ON THE FRONTIER?

Answer 2

TO PROTECT THE MISSIONS

Question 3

IN WHICH NEW SPAIN PROVINCE DID THE MISSION SYSTEM EXPERIENCE THE MOST SUCCESS?

Answer 3

TEXAS AND CALIFORNIA

Question 4

WHEN THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHED TOWNS, WHAT WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE CENTER OF THOSE TOWNS? TOWN PLANNERS ESTABLISHED LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES AND LOCAL CHURCHES IN THIS LOCATION.

Answer 4

CENTRAL PLAZAS

Question 5

DEFINE EACH OF THE FOLLOWING:

PENINSULAR

MESTIZO

CREOLE

MULATTO

Answer 5

PENINSULAR - A EUROPEAN BORN SPANIARD
(THE HIGHEST IN THE SOCIAL CLASS)

MESTIZO - A PERSON OF MIXED EUROPEAN-INDIAN ANCESTRY

CREOLE - AN AMERICAN BORN SPANIARD

MULATTO - A PERSON OF AFRICAN AND EUROPEAN ANCESTRY

Question 6

WHAT ROLE DID THE VICEROY PLAY IN NEW SPAIN’S POLITICAL SYSTEM?

Answer 6

THE VICEROY ACTED ON BEHALF OF THE KING:
- MONITORING THE COLONIES
- KEEPING THE COLONIES SECURE
- PROMOTING CATHOLICISM
- REPORTING BACK TO THE KING

Question 7

EXPLAIN HOW THE CASTE SYSTEM AFFECTED SOCIAL MOBILITY ON THE FRONTIER.

Answer 7

THE CASTE SYSTEM ESTABLISHED STATUS HIERARCHIES BASED ON BLOODLINE (WHAT FAMILY THEY WERE BORN INTO)

Question 8

COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE ROLE OF WOMEN ON THE FRONTIER TO THAT OF WOMEN IN CENTRAL NEW SPAIN.

Answer 8

WOMEN ON THE SPANISH FRONTIER WERE MORE INDEPENDENT, WHILE WOMEN IN CENTRAL NEW SPAIN WERE MORE CONFINED TO PATRIARCHAL DUTIES

Question 9

HOW DID THE LAW OF THE INDIES IMPACT THE FOUNDING OF NEW TOWNS IN NEW SPAIN?

Answer 9

THE LAW OF THE INDIES PROVIDED A GUIDELINE TO SPANISH COLONIAL SETTLEMENTS

Question 10

WHAT FUNCTION DID AN AYUNTAMIENTO PLAY IN NEW SPAIN’S POLITICAL SYSTEM?

Answer 10

AN AYUNTAMIENTO TAKES CARE OF THE TOWN, TAKING CARE OF THE CONCERNS OF THE LOCALS

Question 11

IN ADDITION TO RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION, WHAT SKILLS DID MISSION PRIESTS INSTRUCT INDIAN MEN IN THE MISSION?

Answer 11

MISSION PRIESTS WERE INSTRUCTING INDIAN MEN IN VOCATIONAL SKILLS, BLACKSMITHING, READING, WRITING, MUSIC, AND OTHER SKILLS TO ASSIST THEM IN BEING A PRODUCTIVE SPANISH SUBJECT

Question 12

WHAT ROLE DID THE ALCALDE PERFORM IN NEW SPAIN’S POLITICAL SYSTEM?

Answer 12

THE ALCADE WAS A LOCAL ADMINISTRATOR/MAGISTRATE THAT SERVED AS THE MAYOR, ENFORCING LAWS, MAINTAINING ORDER, AND MANAGING RESOURCES.

Question 13

THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT ALLOTTED MISSIONS HOW MANY YEARS TO PERFORM ITS SPIRITUAL AND CIVIL FUNCTION ON THE FRONTIER?

Answer 13

10 YEARS

Question 14

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF GRITO DE DELORES

Answer 14

“GRITO DE DELORES,” or “THE CRY OF DELORES” CALLED FOR THE END OF SPANISH RULE, RACIAL EQUALITY FOR ALL, AND THE REDISTRIBUTION OF LAND

Question 15

WHO ASSUMED LEADERSHIP OF THE REBELLION AFTER FATHER HIDALGO’S EXECUTION?

Answer 15

JOSE MARIA MORELOS TOOK OVER THE MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT

Question 16

WHAT WAS THE PLAN OF IGUALA?

Answer 16

THE PLAN OF IGUALA WAS A REVOLUTIONARY PROCLAMATION ISSUED ON FEBRUARY 24TH, 1821 DURING THE ENDING STAGES OF THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION, STATING:

1) MEXICO’S INDEPENDENCE FROM SPAIN

2) GUARANTEED EQUALITY FOR ALL

3) ESTABLISHED ROMAN CATHOLICISM AS THE OFFICIAL RELIGION OF MEXICO

Question 17

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TREATY OF CORDOBA

Answer 17

THE TREATY OF CORDOBA ESTABLISHED MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE FROM SPAIN.

Question 18

WHAT TYPE OF GOVERNMENT DID AUGUSTIN DE ITURBIDE ESTABLISH IN MEXICO? WHAT WAS HIS FATE?

Answer 18

ITURBIDE ESTABLISHED A MONARCHY IN MEXICO (CONSTITUENT CONGRESS).

ITURBIDE DIED BY EXECUTION BY FIRING SQUAD

Question 19

WHAT EXTERNAL FACTORS CONTRIBUTED TO THE REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT IN MEXICO?

Answer 19

FEAR OF THE FRENCH CONTRIBUTED TO THE REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT

Question 20

WHAT LEADER SUCCEEDED FATHER HIDALGO IN THE MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT?

Answer 20

JOSE MARIA MORELOS