Chapter 6
In which country did the following statement become the liberal slogan: Gobernar es poblar, “To govern is to populate”?
Argentina
Describe neocolonialism
strong foreign influence
Who were the main supporters of the populist Peronist movement? (for example, the middle class, women, the workers, the elites, indigenous people... .
a. the middle class
b. women
c. the workers
d. the elites
the workers
Juan Peron (Peronisim) blend of nationalism and labourism
Corporation that dominated the banana industry in Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Colombia, Venezuela
United Fruit Company
the only country in Latin America governed by European country
French Guiana
Most important means of transportation in Latin America during the nineteenth century?
steamships and railroads
What year did the neocolonial period start and end in Latin America?
1880-1930
In Latin America, which group of people did the new nationalists represent?
the urban middle class
What global event marked the end of neocolonialism and the emergence of the nationalist movement?
the Great Depression of the 1930's
What is the term that historians use when referring to the new Latin American cultures that resulted from the give-and-take of all those living on the same soil?
transculturation
Which Latin American country first connected with Europe in 1874 via the transatlantic telegraph?
Brazil
Who were the direct beneficiaries of the export boom in many Latin American countries?
the large landowners
What was the nationalists’ understanding/attitude toward race?
They celebrated the mixing of indigenous, European, and African genes.
What was the Estado Novo’s attitude toward the Brazilian dance, the samba?
The Estado Novo embraced samba as the country’s cultural signature.
The phrase, Ordem e Progresso (Order and Progress) appears on which country's flag?
Brazil
Who invited the French monarchs to rule Mexico?
(as in which group of people; for example nationalists)
conservatives
Why were so many nations in Central America referred to as “Banana Republics” by the early 1900s?
Entire cities were built in response to the demand for bananas.
Many were politically unstable with an economy dependent upon the exportation of a limited-resource product, such as bananas or minerals.
In which country did nationalism first erupt?
Mexico
When did the Liberals in Latin America enjoy a big comeback?
1860's and 1870's
The most politically stable country in the nineteenth century Latin America?
Chile
Name of indigenous governor of Mexico
Benito Juárez
Describe the philosophy of positivism
Positivism prescribes authoritarian rule for order and progress.
What was the main ideal behind the Uruguayan political movement known as "Batllismo"?
opposition to foreign economic imperialism
The leader of nationalism in Brazil?
Getúlio Vargas
By the second half of the nineteenth century, how was the idea of Progress defined?
Progress was the idea of inevitable, all-conquering technological advancement