Part V Notes Flashcards
________________________ and __________________________ set the Latin American independence movements into motion.
A combination of internal developments; the Napoleonic Wars
The new nations confronted difficult problems:
social inequalities, political representation, the role of the church, and regionalism.
These problems led to political fragmentation that allowed leaders,
having strong personal followings and representing various interests and their own ambitions, to rise to prominence.
Latin American economies stagnated in the aftermath of the…
wars of independence.
Toward the mid-century, a new prosperity began as some nations found…
new markets for their exports that allowed liberal governments to initiate social and political changes.
A tension in cultural life existed between European influences and…
the desire to express an American reality, or between elite and folk culture.
Social change came very slowly for…
American Indians, blacks, and women, but by the end of the century the desire for progress and economic resurgence was beginning to have social effects.
