HIST1112: Chapter 23 Quiz

Mexico refused to recognize Texan national independence, and the state of Texas entered the United States in ___________.

1845

Slavery ended in Brazil in _________.

1888

Porfirio Díaz dominated the Mexican government between 1876 and 1880, and again between 1884 and ________.

1911

José de San Martín trained the Army of the _______ and, with this army, liberated Chile from royalist forces in 1818.

Andes

The first Amerindian to accede to the office of President of Mexico was:

Benito Juárez

Juana Azurduy de Padilla played an instrumental role in the establishment of the nation of ________.

Bolivia

By 1800, the viceroyalty of La Plata, with the rising port of _________, had grown through contraband trade with Great Britain.

Buenos Aires

The family of Simón Bolívar owned _______ plantations worked by African slaves and was engaged in colonial trade.

Cacao

In 1810, the New Granadans created juntas, or committees, among which the junta of _________ was the most important, and they drove the colonial Spaniards from their positions.

Cartagena

Landowners of self-sufficient plantations in many parts of Latin America supported governmental ____________, the same kind of authoritarian and paternalistic form of action that they practiced on their estates.

Caudillismo

As a result of its winning the War of the Pacific (1879-1884), _________ gained access to rich nitrate deposits and mining cities.

Chile

Spanish colonialism in Latin America finally ended when the last troops surrendered to Bolívar's forces in 1826, on an island off the ________ coast.

Chilean

Some 235,000 _________ "coolies" were brought to Peru, Cuba, and Costa Rica, working in silver mines, sugar and cotton plantations, and later on railroads—and only about 10% of them returned home.

Chinese

In 1822, __________ proclaimed, "Independence or death!" thereby making Brazil an independent kingdom.

Dom Pedro I

José Antonio Aponte, head of a Yoruba confraternity ( cabilde) in __________, led an abortive revolt against Spanish control in 1812.

Havana

Mexican independence came in 1821, with a compromise established in part by Vicente Guerrero, whose father was a(n) ________.

Mestizo

From his base of operations in _________, in south-central Mexico, Emiliano Zapata began to occupy sugar plantations and distribute plantation land to his campesinos (laborers and tenant farmers).

Morelos

Gran Colombia was divided in 1831 into its component parts, which included all of the following except:

Peru

The Paraguayan War of 1864-1870 resulted in the loss of _______ the Paraguayan population.

half

The Execution of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, June 19, 1867, was painted by __________.

Édouard Manet