Who is Napoleon Bonaparte? (aka Emperor Napoleon I)
100
What two peoples did Padre Miguel Hildago lead in the battle to free from Spanish oppression? Indigenous, Mezitos, Mulattos, Slaves, Criolles (Creoles) or Peninsulares?
What is Indigenous and Mezitos?
100
Name of the treaty that ended the Mexican-American War
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hildago?
100
Panama was part of which country until 1903?
What is Columbia?
100
El Libertador's real name.
Who is Simon Bolivar?
200
Approx. what percentage of France's foreign trade did Saint-Domingue represent?
What is 33.3%? (will also accept 1/3)
200
What military leader dominated Mexican politics for a quarter of a century?
Who is Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana?
200
Mexican who led "La Reforma"?
What is Benito Juarez?
200
What two places in Latin America did NOT gain independence from Spain until the late 19th Century?
What is Cuba and Puerto Rico?
200
Who started building the Panama Canal first?
What is the French? (de Lessops)
300
Which philosophe discussed "natural rights?" What are those?
What is What is John Locke? Life, liberty and pursuit of property (will also take rights we should be born with....)
300
The name of the battle where Davy Crockett died (actually, he may have survived the battle only to be executed by the Mexicans under Gen. Santa Ana...)
What is the Battle of the Alamo?
300
French Emperor who put Austrian Archduke Maximilian in power in Mexico.
Who is Emperor Napoleon III?
300
The U.S.S. Maine started which conflict?
What is The Spanish-American War?
300
When did the Panama Canal first open to the public?
What is 1914?
400
Main Guy who fought for Chilean Independence
Who is Bernardo O'Higgens?
400
Name 5 U.S. states that were once part of Mexico
What is CA, NV, AZ, NM, CO, UT, WO, OR
400
Who won the Battle of the Pueblo?
What is the Mexicans (Cinco de Mayo!)?
400
What lands did the US get from Spain after the Spanish-American War that are not part of Latin America?
What is Guam and the Phillipines?
400
What was meant by TR's "Speak Softly but Carry a Big Stick"?
A proverb advising the tactic of caution and non-aggression, backed up by the ability to do violence if required.
500
Who is referred to in the term "Bottello Jose"?
Who is Joseph Bonaparte?
500
The Gadsen Purchase included territory from what US States to establish the current boundaries between Mexico and the US?
What is AZ and NM?
500
Mexican Conservative who led Mexico between 1876-1910?
Who is Porfirio Diaz?
500
Which piece of US foreign policy enabled the United States to buy Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million in 1867?
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
500
Name 2 reasons the United States declared War on Spain in 1898.
What is Humanitarian Reasons (Reconcentration camps), the sinking of the Maine, and Propaganda (Yellow Journalism).