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Chapter 23 Self-Assessment
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When did slavery end in Brazil?
1853
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1865
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1804
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1888
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By 1800, the viceroyalty of La Plata, with the rising port of _________, had grown through contraband trade with Great Britain.
Rio de Janeiro
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Buenos Aires
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Caracas
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Valparaiso
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Simón Bolívar's "Gran Colombia" encompassed the modern states of _______________.
Belize, Haiti, Colombia, and Venezuela
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Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Panama
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Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, and Venezuela
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None of these
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Spanish colonialism in Latin America finally ended in which of the following decades?
1810s
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1820s
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1850s
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1910s
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Who launched the movement for independence in New Spain (modern Mexico)?
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
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Joseph Bonaparte
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King Fernando VII
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Antonio López de Santa Anna
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The ____________ was the site of the showdown between Mexican forces and Texans intent on independence.
Mexican War
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Alamo
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Rio Grande
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Veracruz
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The Monroe Doctrine stated thatâŠ
the United States government would not tolerate European attempts to re-colonize the new republics of the western hemisphere.
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it was an article of faith that the U.S. should be the dominant power on the continent and should accordingly control it from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
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the slave trade should be abolished in newly gained territories
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none of these
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_______________ was a European-backed emperor of Mexico from 1864-1867.
Maximilian
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Benito Juárez
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Louis-Napoleon III Bonaparte
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Porfirio Díaz
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Under the leadership of _______________, the Mexican Revolution was ended late in 1920.
Emiliano Zapata
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José Manuel Balmaceda
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Pancho Villa
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álvaro Obregón
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In 1807 the Portuguese royal family, fleeing the advancing armies of Napoleon, relocated to
Mexico
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Brazil
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Great Britain
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Spain
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______________ ended slavery in Brazil in 1888.
The central government
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British warships
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The creation of an anti-slavery republic
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A shift from sugar to coffee production
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In the five years after the abolition of slavery, the Brazilian economy _____________.
collapsed
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completely changed direction
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slowed substantially
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expanded
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The proclamation of a Brazilian republic resulted in which two political constituencies?
Provincial federalism vs. militaristic nationalism
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Monarchical supporters vs. provincial federalism
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Provincial federalism vs. supporters of a strong central presidency
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None of these
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Independence and the end of Spanish rule initially benefited which Latin American trading partner the most?
The United States
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France
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Great Britain
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Portugal
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Which of the following ethnic/social groups benefitted the most from independence?
Mestizos
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Creoles
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Mulattos
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Amerindians
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___________ is the right to name bishops.
Patronato
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Quilombos
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mit'a
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kuli
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Generally speaking, the 19th century Latin American economy revolved around _______.
imports
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services
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exports
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manufacturing
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Some 235,000 _________ "coolies" were brought to Peru, Cuba, and Costa Rica, working in silver mines, sugar and cotton plantations, and later on railroadsâand only about 10% of them returned home.
Vietnamese
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Chinese
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Indian
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Kenyan
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After independence in Argentina, the ruling junta in Buenos Aires solidified into an oligarchy of
European immigrants
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All classes
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Pardos
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Creole elites
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The Paraguayan War pitted Paraguay against
Brazil
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Argentina
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the United States
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a triple alliance of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay
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Caudillo is the Latin American term for a leader who
works within constitutional limits
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accepts no constitutional limits on his power
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is a king
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is a communist
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