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Chapter 02 Self-assessment
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The phenomenon of regionalism in the nineteenth century
Was unique to Latin America
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Was strong in North America and Latin America but largely absent from the Old World.
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Was strong in Europe and the Americas but largely absent from the Middle East and Asia.
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Was a truly global phenomenon.
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The Congress of Panama of 1826
Saw the new Spanish American republics agree to coordinate their foreign and defense policies.
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Revealed the lack of support for Bolívar's vision for the Americas.
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Was attended by representatives of all the Spanish American republics plus Brazil and the United States.
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Deterred the British from meddling in Latin American affairs.
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Over time in his post-independence political career, Bolívar
Refused to compromise his liberal principles by cultivating conservative institutions such as the Church.
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Successfully prevented the ambitions of his former officers from jeopardizing his political goals.
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Came to regret Latin America's "premature" independence and considered restoring Spanish sovereignty.
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Resorted to near-dictatorial powers as a means of overcoming resistance to his goals.
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The geography of the Andean nations (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia)
Facilitated the growth of a tourist industry in the nineteenth century.
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Made the pleasant interior valleys easy for foreign travelers to access from the coast.
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Meant that travelers were carried on the backs of mules or human porters.
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Separated the densely populated Amazon region from the large coastal settlements.
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Which of the following was NOT a major factor that weakened Iturbide's empire?
The desire of regional political elites for greater political autonomy.
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The absence of a Bourbon prince on the throne.
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The financial burdens of maintaining an army and an expensive royal court.
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The imperialist designs of the United States.
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The most restive and reluctant regions of Iturbide's empire were the outlying provinces in the north (California, Texas, and New Mexico) and the south (Chiapas and the Central American provinces).
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Under Mexico's constitution of 1824
The presidency was strengthened by ensuring the loyalty of the vice president and the relative weakness of the legislature.
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Federalism prevailed over centralism, in part as an effort to prevent the loss of further territory.
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The military was finally removed from being a major factor in Mexican politics.
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The Catholic Church was stripped of its privileges and subordinated to the secular state.
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From the colonial period through the Mexican Empire and into the founding of the United Provinces of Central America, the city and province of Guatemala were predominant among the Central American polities.
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Which of the following is FALSE about the immigration of Anglo-American settlers into Texas in the 1820s and early 1830s?
The Spanish colonial government had encouraged it, in order to populate its remote northern province.
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The settlers were supposed to have accepted Catholicism, Mexican sovereignty, and the Spanish language.
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The settlers went from being a buffer against US designs on the province to being a Trojan horse for conflict with the US.
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The immigrants saw slavery as a barbarous practice that Mexico should abolish.
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The site of the first battle in the US-Mexican war was on territory claimed by both Mexico and the United States.
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Mexico's "Niños Heroes [Child Heroes]"
Became patriotic symbols of selfless commitment to a noble, but doomed, national cause.
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Saved Mexico City from capture by the US Army.
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Prevented the so-called Gadsden Purchase from further reducing Mexico's territory.
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Became symbols of Santa Anna's betrayal of the Mexican nation.
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In the Brazilian Empire
The legislature served as the most effective check on the Emperor's power under the constitution.
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Major rebellions were launched by ranchers in the south, liberal elites in the Amazon, and Muslim Africans in the northeast.
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The separation of the Brazilian and Portuguese crowns allowed Pedro I to focus without distraction on Brazilian politics
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The debate over abolishing slavery was the most fundamental difference between liberals and conservatives.
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Which of the following was NOT one of the core issues at stake in the political conflicts among Argentines in this period?
Whether the elites in the city of Buenos Aires or in the provinces would control and profit most from the export of livestock products.
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The more cosmopolitan culture of Buenos Aires versus the more rustic and local culture of the interior.
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Defense of the rights of indigenous peoples to their lands on the frontier.
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Restrictions on the use of waterways for foreign commerce.
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Which of the following is FALSE about the United Provinces of Central America
They had a relatively easy and bloodless transition to independence from Spain
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Considerable economic and familial ties existed among their elites.
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The strength of local, especially urban, identity led provincial capitals to compete with one another.
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Language and religion provided means to overcome enduring differences between ladino and indigenous peoples
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Because of their diverging interests, local and regional caudillos seldom cooperated with elite national politicians.
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