AP WORLD HISTORY RHS Mrs. Osborn Name__________________________________ Per_____ Date________________________ PERIOD 5 (1750-1900) Ch 25 Reading Study Guide: “Nation Building and Economic Transformation in the Americas, 1800-1890” (TEXT, Bulliet 2nd edition, pp. 620-646) DIRECTIONS: HONOR STATEMENT: On my honor, I understand that this is an individual assignment and is to be completed entirely by myself. (Copying or ‘splitting’ the assignment with other students will not prepare me for tests/essays in this course.) A) Write answers on your OWN paper. Do the work on your own. You need to read. B) Using 3x5 index cards, create study flash cards (term on one side, definition on the other side w/chapter pg#) of the following key terms: Simón Bolívar, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, José María Morelos, Confederation of 1867, personalist leaders, Andrew Jackson, José Antonia Páez, Benito Juárez, Tecumseh, Caste War, abolitionists, acculturation, Women’s Rights Convention, development & underdevelopment. C) Using complete sentences, answer the following questions. Page numbers provided. What ignited Latin America’s struggle for independence? p.621-622 What social group led the revolution in Venezuela? p.622 How was Simon Bolivar able to gain political support? p.623 What was Bolivar’s view of slavery? p.623 What was Gran Colombia? p.625 Who were Jose de San Martin’s most effective troops in his campaign against the Spanish military? p.625 7. What was Spain’s richest and most populous colony? p.625 8. How Spanish colonial officials rule Mexico since the Spanish king had been imprisoned by the French? p.625 9. What kind of government did Mexico finally form after gaining independence? p.626 10. What kind of government did Brazil form after Pedro I declared independence from Portugal in 1822? p.626 11. What was Pedro I’s view of slavery and why was it considered dangerous? p.626 12. What new nation was born as the result of the agreement of a Confederation in 1867? p.627 13. How did new Latin American nations deal with the question of the Catholic Church? pp.599627-628 14. Define caudillo and give an example of one in Latin America. p.628 15. List at least two similarities between American President Andrew Jackson and Venezuelan leader Jose Antonio Paez. p.629-630 16. What were four factors that provided fewer checks against ambitions of popular politicians in Latin America than in the United States? pp.629-630 17. What was the central issue of regional disputes in the United States? p.631 18. Why was the southern secession in the United States defeated? p.631 19. What land was Mexico forced to cede to the United States as a result of the treaty of 1848? p.634 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 20. What invading force did Benito Juarez help expel from Mexico in 1867? p.633 21. What was the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and what was its result? p.634 22. Why were Amerindians of the Great Plains able to offer formidable resistance to white settlers? p.634 23. What arguments did abolitionists use in attacking slavery? p.636-637 24. Who pushed for the abolition of slavery in Britain after 1800? p.638 25. How did Britain weaken slavery in the Caribbean? p.638 26. While Africans made up the bulk of immigrants to the Americas during the colonial period, where did most immigrants to the Americas come from after the abolition of the slave trade? p.638-639 27. What was the “head tax” in China and why was it imposed? p.639 28. By 1900, what were the only three nations in the Western Hemisphere to achieve similar income levels as Western Europe? p.642-644 29. What caused the mining “boom” in the United States, Chile, and Mexico? p.642/644 30. How were the mining companies of the late 19th century different from the operations of the gold/silver mining companies of the colonial era? p.644-645 31. What were at least four major improvements in cattle farming that transformed Argentina’s cattle market? p.644 32. The economic success of the United States during the 19th century is suggested by what? p.644 33. Why did Cuban planters cut down forests? p.644 34. When confronted by a choice between environmental protection and economic growth, what did all nations in the Western Hemisphere choose? p.644-645 D) Free Response Focus Questions: Answer EACH of these questions in a 4-6 sentence paragraph. In your own words! Do not simply copy from the book and memorize the response. Know it. Be sure to support your response with plenty of facts. Understand where events fall historically (global context, cause/effect, etc) 35. What were the underlying reasons for the struggle for independence in Latin America in the early nineteenth century? 36. What impact does industrialization have on the Western Hemisphere? (Hint: most nations in the Western Hemisphere did NOT industrialize, so what did this mean for those nations?) 37. Discuss the process of abolishing slavery in the Americas. Did the movement for abolition of slavery differ in the United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean? 38. What was the nature of immigration to the Americas in the nineteenth century? What were some of the problems and contributions of immigration? E) FLIPPED VIDEOS: Watch the following short video for this chapter: - WHCC Latin American Revolutions: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBw35Ze3bg8 NO ART IMAGES FOR THIS CHAPTER