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. While Conservatives had been in power in much of mid-nineteenth century Latin America, the Liberals tended to dominate in the last decades of the century.

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. Social Darwinist theory placed Latin American elites of Iberian descent at the top of the global hierarchy of races.

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. Which of the following was NOT a policy prescribed by Latin American adherents of positivism and social Darwinism?

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. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about the so-called "Conquest of the Desert" in Argentina?

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. Porfirio Díaz's economic policies included all of the following EXCEPT

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. Which of the following was NOT one of the major recipient countries of foreign investment in Latin America in this period?

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. The rise of department stores in Latin America exemplifies all of the following EXCEPT

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. In contrast to Porfirian Mexico, liberal Argentina allowed one foreign power to dominate its foreign-investment sector, making for a more unstable and vulnerable relationship.

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. The consequences of banana cultivation in Honduras included all of the following EXCEPT

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. The impact of the growth of railroads in Brazil included all of the following EXCEPT

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. Geographical factors made railroads as effective a means for transporting people and goods in Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador as they were in other parts of Latin America.

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. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

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. Argentina saw large-scale immigration by all of the following groups EXCEPT

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. The concept of "scientific motherhood"

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. Women's participation in public charity and philanthropic work threatened both their own honor and that of their husbands.

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