Question 1

The rise of José Antonio Páez illustrates the

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A)  democratization of political life and disregard for color lines following independence. 
B)  renewal of the old colonial ruling class by admitting military caudillos of humble origin. 
C)  admission of peninsular Spaniards to high political office. 
D)  prominent political role of the clergy following independence. 
A)  democratization of political life and disregard for color lines following independence. 
B)  renewal of the old colonial ruling class by admitting military caudillos of humble origin. 
C)  admission of peninsular Spaniards to high political office. 
D)  prominent political role of the clergy following independence.

Question 2

Cuba developed into a major sugar producer in the first part of the nineteenth century because

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A)  U.S. investors rushed into the island after the War of 1812. 
B)  a civil war in Jamaica destroyed it as a sugar producer. 
C)  the British invested heavily in the island. 
D)  Haiti was knocked out as a sugar producer by its devastating war for independence. 
A)  U.S. investors rushed into the island after the War of 1812. 
B)  a civil war in Jamaica destroyed it as a sugar producer. 
C)  the British invested heavily in the island. 
D)  Haiti was knocked out as a sugar producer by its devastating war for independence.

Question 3

To secure control of labor and protect property rights against slave rebellions, early republican elites favored "Free Womb" legislation, which

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A)  guaranteed reproductive freedom to slave women. 
B)  liberated female slaves and their children, but prohibited male manumission. 
C)  compromised the interests of slaveowners and free blacks fearful of wage competition. 
D)  freed children of slaves, but required them to serve their mother's master until adulthood. 
A)  guaranteed reproductive freedom to slave women. 
B)  liberated female slaves and their children, but prohibited male manumission. 
C)  compromised the interests of slaveowners and free blacks fearful of wage competition. 
D)  freed children of slaves, but required them to serve their mother's master until adulthood.

Question 4

A decisive event in the history of Brazilian slavery was

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A)  the Anglo-Brazilian Treaty of 1830. 
B)  the Queiroz anti-slave-trade law of 1850. 
C)  the decline of the sugar-growing Northeast after 1850. 
D)  the growing prosperity of the coffee-growing zone after 1850. 
A)  the Anglo-Brazilian Treaty of 1830. 
B)  the Queiroz anti-slave-trade law of 1850. 
C)  the decline of the sugar-growing Northeast after 1850. 
D)  the growing prosperity of the coffee-growing zone after 1850.

Question 5

What was the economic, social, and political impact of ending the slave trade to Brazil?

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The end of the slave trade in Brazil had

Question 6

What were the Sabinada Revolt, the Balaiada Rebellion, and the Revolution of the Ragamuffins, and how did they affect the institutions of monarchy, slavery, and the fazenda in Brazil?

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The Sabinada Revolt, the Balaiada Rebell

Question 7

Contrary to Tannenbaum, a later interpretation of the motivations for Latin American abolitionism stressed republican elite's

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A)  moral outrage against slavery. 
B)  fear of armed slaves. 
C)  Enlightenment inspired belief in human equality. 
D)  interests in political and military expediency. 
A)  moral outrage against slavery. 
B)  fear of armed slaves. 
C)  Enlightenment inspired belief in human equality. 
D)  interests in political and military expediency.

Question 8

The Federal war produced some social change in Venezuela by the

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A)  distribution of large estates to former peons or tenants. 
B)  passage of laws forbidding racial discrimination. 
C)  acquisition of Conservative-owned estates by Liberal officers of humble origin. 
D)  abolition of debt peonage and company stores. 
A)  distribution of large estates to former peons or tenants. 
B)  passage of laws forbidding racial discrimination. 
C)  acquisition of Conservative-owned estates by Liberal officers of humble origin. 
D)  abolition of debt peonage and company stores.

Question 9

The most pressing issue facing the young republic of Gran Colombia was

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A)  slavery. 
B)  government debt. 
C)  a stagnant economy. 
D)  international trade. 
A)  slavery. 
B)  government debt. 
C)  a stagnant economy. 
D)  international trade.

Question 10

The most tenacious resistance to abolition of slavery in Brazil came from

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A)  the sugar planters of the Northeast. 
B)  the states of Amazonas and Ceará. 
C)  the coffee planters of São Paulo, Minas Gerais, and Rio de Janeiro. 
D)  the cattle raisers of Rio Grande do Sul. 
A)  the sugar planters of the Northeast. 
B)  the states of Amazonas and Ceará. 
C)  the coffee planters of São Paulo, Minas Gerais, and Rio de Janeiro. 
D)  the cattle raisers of Rio Grande do Sul.

The rise of José Antonio Páez illustrates the

Cuba developed into a major sugar producer in the first part of the nineteenth century because

To secure control of labor and protect property rights against slave rebellions, early republican elites favored "Free Womb" legislation, which

A decisive event in the history of Brazilian slavery was

What was the economic, social, and political impact of ending the slave trade to Brazil?

What were the Sabinada Revolt, the Balaiada Rebellion, and the Revolution of the Ragamuffins, and how did they affect the institutions of monarchy, slavery, and the fazenda in Brazil?

Contrary to Tannenbaum, a later interpretation of the motivations for Latin American abolitionism stressed republican elite's

The Federal war produced some social change in Venezuela by the

The most pressing issue facing the young republic of Gran Colombia was

The most tenacious resistance to abolition of slavery in Brazil came from

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Exam 2: Race, Nation, and the Meaning of Freedom, 1821-1888

The rise of José Antonio Páez illustrates the

Cuba developed into a major sugar producer in the first part of the nineteenth century because

To secure control of labor and protect property rights against slave rebellions, early republican elites favored "Free Womb" legislation, which

A decisive event in the history of Brazilian slavery was

What was the economic, social, and political impact of ending the slave trade to Brazil?

What were the Sabinada Revolt, the Balaiada Rebellion, and the Revolution of the Ragamuffins, and how did they affect the institutions of monarchy, slavery, and the fazenda in Brazil?

Contrary to Tannenbaum, a later interpretation of the motivations for Latin American abolitionism stressed republican elite's

The Federal war produced some social change in Venezuela by the

The most pressing issue facing the young republic of Gran Colombia was

The most tenacious resistance to abolition of slavery in Brazil came from

Decolonization and the Search for National Identities, 1821-1870

The Triumph of Neocolonialism and the Liberal State, 1870-1900

Forging a New Nation: the Mexican Revolution and the Populist Challenge

Brazil: Populism and the Struggle for Democracy in a Multiracial Society

Argentina: Populism, the Military, and the Struggle for Democracy

Cuba: The Revolutionary Socialist Alternative to Populism

Storm Over the Andes: Indigenous Rights and the Corporatist Military Alternative

Chile: The Democratic Socialist Alternative

Twilight of the Tyrants: Revolution and Prolonged Popular War in Central America

Lands of Bolívar: Military Crisis, State Repression, and Popular Democracy

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