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The United States today is under what economic system?
Capitalism
What was Karl Marx's goal?
Complete Equality
Who were the mestizos?
Mixed Spanish and Native
The word indigenous refers to:
Native to a particular region or environment
What does Padre mean?
"Father"
A Mexican Priest
From which group of people did most factory workers come?
peasants
Most of Europe is under what economic system?
Social Democracy
Mix of Socialism and Capitalism
How did Napoleon Bonaparte influence the Latin American independence movement?
He installed his brother on the Spanish throne.
Why did the French finally leave St. Domingue?
Yellow Fever
Who is an investor?
A person who puts money into a business with the goal of later making a profit
Who perfected the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney
Why were some unskilled workers upset about the spread of industrialism?
Some were replaced by machines. Others had to work in difficult and dangerous conditions.
Haiti is part of which island?
Hispaniola
What was the first way Toussaint helped the Haitian Revolution?
Doctor
What is a mission in the context of the Latin American Revolutions.
A settlement built to convert Native Americans to Christianity
Who wrote novels describing the hard life of many people in England in the 1800s?
Who are the bourgeoisie?
the upper or wealthy middle class; the people who owned the means of production, or what Karl Marx called “the haves”
What was the Grito de Dolores?
the last words of Hidalgo’s independence speech
Which Mexican ruler fought against Texans at the Alamo?
Santa Anna
What were the Luddites most famous for
destroying factories and machines
What did Marx think the stage after a revolutionary government would look like?
True Communism.
Complete Equality, no laws, no leaders, no government.
Describe mercantilism.
A country can grow rich by controlling trade.
Who began Haiti’s struggle for independence?
Boukman
(Bonus)
Why was José María Morelos unsuccessful in winning independence?
He wanted to re-distribute land owned by the creoles.
Which invention(s) helped people make cloth faster and more easily
spinning jenny