Latin American Revolutions Quiz 1 – Flashcards
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The coup d'etats are most often
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very violent.
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What is the name of this man, who led the 1791 revolt in Haiti?
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Toussaint L'Ouverture
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Who sparked the independence movement in Mexico?
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mestizos and American Indians
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Which best explains why some plantation owners punished enslaved persons?
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to keep them as helpless as possible
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When Napoleon seized the Spanish throne and replaced it with a French king, criollos in Latin America
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believed the people should take control.
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African enslaved persons outnumbered free people 10 to 1 in Saint-Domingue, which led to
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a massive and successful uprising.
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In Spanish Latin America, people who were of mixed European and Indian ancestry were called
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mestizos.
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The man in the picture, Padre Miguel Hidalgo, is noted for
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beginning the Mexican independence movement.
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What was the economy of Saint Dominique dependent upon? Check all that apply.
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-sugar plantations
-enslaved Africans
-strenuous manual labor
-ruthless plantation owners
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Augustin de Iturbide was able to declare independence from Spain while also proclaiming himself emperor in part because
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that was the type of government the Spanish colonists were used to.
