Chapter 31: The Americas in the Age of Independence

slavery would end in the US, the US would remain politically united, and it enhanced the authority of the federal government in the American republic

the victory of the northern states in the US Civil War meant that?

Abraham Lincoln

the words "a house divided against itself cannot stand" were first spoken by?

stimulated a sense of unity against an external threat

the War of 1812?

the President of Mexico who led La Reform which aimed to limit the power of the military the ROman Catholic church in Mexican society

Benito Juarez was?

Britain ?

the early stages of industrial development in the United States depended in large part on investment capital from which of the following nations?

John A. Macdonald

the first prime minister of Canada was?

"Swallows"- Italian workers who traveled back and forth annually between Europe and South America to take advantage of different growing seasons

the golondrinas were?

the Gaucho Martin Fierro

the great epic poem that expressed the life of the gaucho and lamented its decline was?

Jose Hernandez

the great epic poem, "the Gaucho Martin Fierro" was written by?

Declaration of sentiments

the lines "we hold these truths to be self evident: that all men and women are created equal" are from the...?

were repelled by Canadians which promoted sense of Canadian pride, and anti-US sentiments became a means for covering differences among French/British canadians

the US invasion of Canada in the War of 1812?

When did most property qualifications for voting in the United States disappear?

1820s

Who was Fatt Hing Chin?

A village fish peddler in China who moved to San Francisco to get gold and eventually opened a restaurant

a Bolivian poet who lamented bitterly that talented women couldnt vote

Adela Zamudio was?

fashioned a rigidly segregated society that deprived blacks of educational, economic, and political opportunities

After the American Civil War, the southern states?

What was the Ghost Dance Movement related to?

An expression of religious beliefs that included a vision of an afterlife in which all white peoples disappeared

it was necessary for Buenos Aires to bring discipline to the disorderly Argentine countryside

Argentine president Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, in his book "Facundo: Civilization and Barbarism", proposed that?

Where and when was the last major Indian Resistance

Battle at Wounded Knee Creek in 1890

Where and when was the last major Indian victory against the United States Armed Force?

Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876

What was the name of the Indian tribe who relocated from the eastern woodlands of Georgia to Oklahoma on the Trail of Tears?

Cherokees

regional military leaders

Cuadillos were?

a revolutionary leader who organied massive armies fighting for "tierra y libertad" (land and liberty)

Emiliano Zapata was?

What country did the United State purchase the Louisiana Territory from in 1803?

France

metis and indigenous people of western Canada

Louis Riel was the leader of the?

the British victory in the Seven Years' War

New France passed into British control after?

in the British North America Act of 1867- each province had its own seat of government, provincial legislature, and lieutenant government representing the British crown

Quebec, Ontario, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick were joined together as the Dominion of Canada..?

"I fear peace more than war"

Simon Bolivar succinctly summed up the developing political situation in Latin America when he said?

What country is the term "manifest destiny" associated with?

The United States

What was the main cause of the Mexican American War in 1845?

The United States' acceptance of Texas as a state

a US poet

Walt Whitman was?

Louisiana territory DIDNT

Which future state did not pass from Mexico to the United States as part of the 1848 Treat of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

Guadalupe Hidalgo

the United States agreed to pay Mexico 15 million for Texas, California, and New Mexico as part of the Treaty of..?

underwent a program of social and political Reconstruction - extended civil rights to freed slaves and provided black men with voting rights. had not received land grants so many had to work as sharecroppers for former slave owners

after the conclusion of the American Civil War, freed blacks?

argentina

by the late 1860s, Britain's leading supplier of beef was?

Japan

in 1908, the United States government ordered a complete halt to migration from..?

the construction of railroad lines that linked all US regions and helped create an integrated national economy

in terms of the industrial development of the United States in the late 19th century, the most important economic development was?

They exported raw materials and were dependent on countries that industrialized

in the new Latin American countries..?

recognized the sanctity of private property, including slaves

one of the chief reasons that the framers of the US Constitution were opposed to abolishing slavery was?

cotton

slavery was reinvigorated in the United States after the rise of what cash crop?

Juan Manuel de Rosas

the "Machiavelli of the pampas" was?

land reform

the Mexican politician Ponciano Arriaga called for?

created some violent altercations with indigenous peoples...center of transportation network was the transcontinental Canadian Pacific Railroad

the National Policy, which was designed to attract migrants, protect nascent industries through tariffs, and build national transportation systems was a policy in that it?

Louis Riel

the Northwest Rebellion was led by?

Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, making the abolition of slavery an explicit goal of the war

the US Civil War changed character on 1 January 1863, after..?

was: emancipation struck at heart of the southern war effort since slaves made up a huge portion of the region's labor force, north brought considerable resources to the war effort- 90% of the country's industrial capacity and 2/3 of its railroad lines

which of the following is not one of the reasons for the victory of the northern states in the US Civil War?

WAS: slavery and the cultivation of cotton as a cash crop-isolated south from economic development. Northerners viewed succession as an act of betrayal

which of the following was not one of the chief factors for the outbreak of the American Civil War?