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NATION-BUILDING AND ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION IN THE AMERICAS
1800-1890 – Chapter 25 (p.621-636)
Students will write paragraphs that include at least 3 pieces of evidence
1. Why did so many Latin American countries begin to rebel? What were the root causes of it?
2. What is a Junta? Explain what happened in Venezuela with the Junta and their revolution.
3. Who was Simon Bolivar and what was the Gran Colombia (Gran Colombia is on p.630)?
4.
Who was Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla and what did he do in Mexico’s revolution against Spain?
5. How did Jose Maria Morelos continue the revolution? Why do you think priests were so influential in the
revolution?
THE PROBLEM OF ORDER (p.626)
Introduction: Although there were many new independent countries, they did not all have an easy time
creating workable governments. In fact, there were a lot of PROBLEMS OF ORDER. In this section, you will
look at each problem, define it and then use examples from the US and from other Latin American countries.
Constitutional Experiments
What do they mean by “constitutional experiments” being a problem?
Why was it easier for the United States to have a working constitution than other Latin countries?
What were some of the specific problems Latin American countries had with their constitutions?
Personalist Leaders
What is a personalist leader and what do they do?
How was America’s Andrew Jackson a personalist leader and what did he do? Can you name any others?
How was Jose Antonio Paez a personalist leader and what did he do?
Why were personalist leaders in Latin America a bigger problem to democracy than the US?
The Threat of Regionalism
What is regionalism? (look it up!) Why might it be a problem for newly emerging countries?
Give one example of regionalism in Spanish America.
What was the United States experience with regionalism – be specific and give details!
Foreign Interventions and Regional Wars
What does it mean to have foreign interventions? Why might that be a threat to a newly emerging country?
Give examples of the US having foreign interventions or regional wars.
What was the foreign intervention and war in Mexico?
Do you think it was easier for the United States to avoid this problem than Spanish America? Why?
Native Peoples and the Nation-State
Describe the United States “problem” with Native peoples with specific examples
What kind of problems did countries such as Argentina, Chile and Mexico experience?
In your opinion, are there other ways these problems could have been dealt with?
If done, you can continue reading the rest and take NOTES (or this will be homework on the WEDNESDAY)