Independence Movements
This creole was known as The Liberator / El Libertador of South America during the Independence movements from Spain
Who was Simon Bolivar?
This set of laws told Europe to stay out of the Western Hemisphere
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
The name of the revolutionary who later became president of Cuba for many years
Who is Fidel Castro?
The two important generals during the Mexican Revolution, from the North and South of Mexico
Who were Villa (north) and Zapata (South)?
The approximate dates or duration of the Mexican Revolution
What are 1910-1920? or What is 10 years?
The man who began "El Grito" and the independence movement in Mexico
Who was Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla?
The system of segregation used during the building of the Panama Canal
What is "gold" and "silver"?
This is the current status of the relationship between Puerto Rico and the US
What is a Commonwealth?
The name of the dictator who ruled Mexico at the beginning of the Mexican Revolution and had been dictator for 30 yrs
Who was Porfirio Diaz?
What is the name and date of the document where Mexico ceded 1/2 of its territory to the US
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1848?
The creole revolutionary who took his troops over the Andes and approached Lima by sea
Who is San Martin?
The idea that Americans in the US were given the divine right to expand territories
What is Manifest Destiny?
The landmark important during the Dominican Civil war
What is the Duarte bridge?
This first indigenous Zapotec president of Mexico wanted to break economic monopolies of the Church and landed aristocracy
Who was Benito Juarez?
The name of a battle in California in 1846
What is the Bear Flag Revolt?
The creole leader known as "the Morning Star"
Who was Francisco de Miranda?
The name given to countries where the US has major agricultural investments and are therefore somewhat controlled by the US. The United Fruit Company in Guatemala is an example of this.
What are "banana republics"?
The name of the dictator in the Dominican Republic who was the basis for the stereotype "El Jefe"
Who is Rafael Trujillo?
The poet and philosopher who wrote Sons of La Malinche
Who is Octavio Paz?
The war between the Church and federal troops in Mexico during 1927-29
What is La Cristiada / Who are Los Cristeros?
This document, put together by a group of Spaniards while Fernando VII was in exile, relaxed some of the laws in the colonies in the Americas.
What is the Liberal Constitution of Spain?
In the U.S. during the 1800s, this was a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force (e.g., Monroe Doctrine, Roosevelt's Corollary).
What is Imperialism?
What was the last wave of Cubans called who migrated to the US?
Who were the "balseros"?
The opportunistic person who ruled Mexico on and off for about 7 times during the 1800s
Who was General Santa Ana?
The relationship between France and Mexico during the 1860s involving foreign investment and take over, creating a dependency on the stronger country.
What is Neocolonialism?