Neocolonialism and Dependency
Mexico Under Diaz
Chile
Brazil
Argentina's Radical Turn
100

What two nations replaced Spain and Portugal as dominant powers in Latin America?

What are Great Britain and the United States?


100

What dictator ruled Mexico from 1876–1911 and prioritized foreign investment and elite landowners?

Who is Porfirio Díaz?

100

What 19th-century war gave Chile dominance on the Pacific coast?

What is the war of the Pacific?

100

What law freed newborn children of slaves in 1871?

What is the Rio Branco Law?

100

What single-party rule dominated Argentina during the late 1800s?

What is the Unicato?


200

What system of large estates expanded massively under neocolonialism?

What is the Hacienda system

200

What phrase summarized Díaz’s policy of rewarding allies and punishing enemies?

What is Pan o Palo?

200

What treaty ended the war and gave Chile the province of Tarapacá?

What is the Treaty of Ancon?

200

What 1888 law finally abolished slavery in Brazil?

What is the Golden Law?

200

Who led the Radical Party after Leandro Alem’s death?

Who is Hipólito Yrigoyen?

300

What labor practice tied workers to landowners through inherited debt?

What is Debt Peonage?

300

What group of intellectuals supported Díaz’s rule and believed natives were racially inferior?

Who were the Científicos?

300

What nationalist president tried to “Chileanize” the nitrate industry?

Who is Jose Manuel Balmaceda?

300

What event in 1889 ended the Brazilian monarchy?

What is the Republican military coup?

300

What 1912 law established secret ballots and universal male suffrage?

What is the Saenz Pena Law?

400

What U.S. investment level in Latin America reached by 1914?

What is over $1.6 Billion Dollars?

400

What laws of 1883 and 1894 allowed elites to claim indigenous lands as “vacant”?

What are the tierras baldías laws?

400

What political period followed Balmaceda’s death and saw foreign economic domination?

What is the Parliamentary Republic?

400

What rebellion of peasants and religious followers was brutally suppressed in Bahia?

What is the Canudos Rebellion?

400

What major city’s population exploded as immigrants arrived between 1889 and 1909?

What is Buenos Aires?


500

Why did Latin American elites resist reforms that could lead to autonomous capitalism?

What is They feared losing power and wealth?

500

What was the main cause of growing unrest that led to the Mexican Revolution in 1910?

What is loss of land and labor exploitation under Díaz’s regime?

500

Who was known as the father of Chilean socialism?

Who is Luis Emilio Recabarren?

500

What economic policy was used to stabilize coffee prices by buying excess stock?

What is the Valorization Scheme?

500

What group split from the Radical Party to form a reformist Marxist movement? Who was it led by?

What is the Socialist Party, led by Juan B. Justo?

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