Monroe Doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine was issued in what year?
What is 1823?
This feeling of pride and loyalty toward one’s country encouraged revolutions.
What is nationalism?
This leader fought for independence in South America.
Who was Simón Bolívar?
This nation gained independence after a successful revolt led by formerly enslaved people.
What is Haiti?
The policy of one country controlling another country or territory.
What is imperialism?
This president issued the Monroe Doctrine.
Who was James Monroe?
Latin American society was divided into a rigid one of these.
What is a social class system?
This leader helped Haiti gain independence.
Who was Toussaint L’Ouverture?
This country shares its name with Simón Bolívar’s goal of liberating northern South America.
What is Venezuela?
A territory directly ruled by a foreign nation.
What is a colony?
The Monroe Doctrine warned these countries against creating new colonies in the Americas.
What were European countries?
This educated middle class helped lead Latin American independence movements.
Who were the Creoles?
Bolívar’s independence movement was centered on this continent.
What is South America?
This large South American country gained independence from Portugal.
What is Brazil?
A country that has its own government but is controlled by a stronger foreign power.
What is a protectorate?
The United States said European interference in this region would threaten American safety.
What is the Western Hemisphere?
Latin American revolutionaries were influenced by these two earlier revolutions.
What were the American and French revolutions?
Toussaint L’Ouverture is most closely connected to this nation.
What is Haiti?
Name four independent nations listed in the lesson.
Possible answers: Mexico, Haiti, Colombia, Venezuela, and Brazil.
An area where one foreign country has special economic or political control.
What is a sphere of influence?
According to the Monroe Doctrine, Latin American nations should be acknowledged this way.
What is independent?
Name two causes of the Latin American revolutions.
Possible answers: nationalism, rigid social classes, centralized colonial rule, Creole leadership, or ideas from earlier revolutions.
What common goal connected Toussaint L’Ouverture’s actions in Haiti and Simón Bolívar’s actions in South America?
What was gaining independence from European colonial rule?
These three European nations lost colonies in Latin America.
What were France, Spain, and Portugal?
Industrialization encouraged imperialism because European countries wanted these two things.
What are raw materials and new markets?