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Latin America after Independence
Economies grow under foreign influence
A Latin American Empire
Connecting the Oceans
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100
The majority of laborers became ____ after independence in Latin America.
What is poor
100
This invention was made during this time and allowed perishable items to last longer
What is the refrigerator
100
What did both Latin and Americans fear?
What is being controlled by European countries
100
Why was the Panama Canal useful to the USA?
What is the US controlled the tollgate
100
What country freed Panama from the Colombian government?
What is the US
200
Military dictators became known as these
What are cuadillos
200
What did Latin America depend on to become a leading trade country?
What is exports
200
After the Spanish were defeated, who had the largest and most powerful imperial army in the world?
What is the USA
200
What railroad connected the east and west coasts of the US in the 1870's?
What is the transcontinental railroad
200
What caused laborers to become poor in Latin America?
What is independence
300
This ticket allowed workers to buy supplies from supply stores
What is vouchers
300
What did Latin America spend its money on rather than trying to be self sufficient?
What is more exports/trading
300
What war did Spain fight against Cuba/American forces?
What is the Spanish American War
300
Which US president offered $10 million to Panama?
Who is Theodore Roosevelt
300
Were Latin American landowners wealthier before or after independence?
What is after independence
400
A large problem in 19th century Latin America
What is political instability
400
Why did the larger countries threaten to take land from Latin America?
What is they owed a heavy debt
400
What did the US place on Cuba to control the country?
What is military government
400
Who was Panama trying to break away from for a century?
What is the Colombian government
400
Why did Panama give the US land out of gratitude?
What is they helped win Panamas independence
500
Only people in the Upper and Middle classes were able to have a political voice as long as they ______ or ______.
What is owned property or read
500
Name three countries that Latin America owed a large debt to
What is Britain, France, Germany, USA
500
Where did the Americans attack the Spanish military base, causing the Spanish to collapse?
What is the Philippines
500
How did Panama win independence against the Colombian government?
What is help from the US navy
500
Which was one of Spain's last colonies in Latin America?
What is Cuba