The Consolidation of Latin America
Chapter 25 Reading Guide
1. What are some of the problems the Latin American countries experienced in the 18th-19th
centuries?
2. What were the causes of political change in Latin America in the 18th Century?
3. How was Haiti’s war for independence different from the others?
4. How did Mexico gain its independence?
5. Who were the creoles? Who were Simon Bolivar and Jose de San Martin?
6. How was Brazil’s process of independence different from other Latin American countries?
7. What were the problems the newly independent countries faced?
8. What was the role of the military and church in Latin American politics?
9. Who were caudillos?
10. What was the Monroe Doctrine?
11. Why was there stagnation between 1820-1850?
12. Describe Argentina during this time period.
13. Describe the Brazilian Empire
14. What was the effect of Europe on the culture of the newly independent countries? Give
examples.
15. What patterns of gender, race, and class persisted?
16. What was the great boom?
17. What was the U.S. relationship with Latin America?