Mexico & Peru Flashcards
In what year was slavery abolished in Peru?
1854
Which country had the largest slave population until 1600
Mexico
Who initiated mexicos war of independence against the Spanish
Father hidalgo
What did father hidalgo argue
Blacks whites and indigenous are all equal
Who abolished racial categorization Census in Mexico
President Guerrero
What word did the Mexicans used to hide “black grandma in the closet”
Mixed
Who was Jose Maria vasconcelos
Leading Latin American philosophers of the first half of the 20th century
Became minister of education in 1921
Argues racial categories are fluid and blended as opposed to fixed and discrete. European African represent the future and therefore are superior
Who founded the theory of positivism and what does it mean
Kant.
Human nature is rational and science moves us forward
Who founded the theory of romanticism and what is it
Rousseau
Human nature is creative and passionate.
What was promised in the Peruvian war of independence led by Simon bolivar and Jose de San Martin?
Immediate freedom to the slaves that fought