Deck 7: Progress and Its Discontents, 1880-1929

Question 1

Whereas Britain and France had been the most influential external powers in Latin America in the nineteenth century, the United States would become the dominant foreign power in the early twentieth.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Which of the following was NOT a factor that encouraged the renewal and expansion of Cubans' war for independence?

A) The ability to organize and raise funds in the United States.
B) The abolition of slavery in Cuba in 1886.
C) The renewed expansion of the sugar economy in Cuba.
D) Martí's skill as a military strategist directing the expansion of the war into western Cuba.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Which of the following is FALSE about the situation in Cuba at the time of US intervention in 1898?

A) The Spanish controlled Cuba's cities, while the Cuban insurgents controlled the countryside.
B) The Cuban insurgents had little realistic prospect for success.
C) Both the Cuban civilian population and the Spanish army had been devastated by disease and hardship.
D) Several of the Cubans' most important military and political leaders had been killed.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Before authorizing intervention in Cuba, the United States Congress guaranteed that Cuba would become independent (and not be annexed to the United States).

Question 5

Which of the following is FALSE about Cuba during the Platt Amendment period (1901-1934)?

A) The United States had the legal right to intervene in Cuba's internal political affairs.
B) Significant improvements were made in Cuban infrastructure, education, and public health.
C) Collective activism by Afro-Cubans forced the government to make good on its promises of social equality and economic justice and opportunity for Cubans of color.
D) Some light industrialization took place, but sugar remained economically dominant.

Question 6

The U.S. occupations of Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and Nicaragua all involved training important and powerful police and/or military forces.

Question 7

Obstacles to the construction of a trans-isthmian canal in the first years of the twentieth century included all of the following EXCEPT

A) The hesitance of the Colombian Senate to ratify the Hay-Herrán Treaty.
B) The malaria and yellow fever that were endemic to Panama.
C) The refusal of Nicaragua's government to negotiate with the United States.
D) British insistence on sharing control of the canal with the United States.

Question 8

The US occupation of Haiti was an example of how economic interests and "dollar diplomacy" could lead to US intervention even in the absence of any US strategic or security interest.

Question 9

Consequences of the War of the Pacific included all of the following EXCEPT

A) Bolivia lost its entire coastline and access to the sea.
B) A greater sense of nationalism (whether nursed by victory or defeat) in all the participating countries.
C) Bolivia's Conservative and Liberal Parties collapsed and the country degenerated into caudillo rule.
D) Chile was enriched by developing the nitrates and copper found in the conquered provinces.

Question 10

The consequences of the oil boom in Venezuela in the 1920s and 1930s included all of the following EXCEPT

A) The transfer of power to a new generation of Venezuelan leaders arising from the student movement.
B) Environmental degradation in the Lake Maracaibo region.
C) Labor shortages in Venezuela's other major export industries.
D) Dramatically increased revenues for the Venezuelan government.

Question 11

In both Mexico and Venezuela, decades of positivism had created strong central governments capable of enforcing vigorous financial, labor, and environmental standards on the foreign oil companies.

Question 12

Under Henry Ford's scientific management, the Amazon proved an ideal environment to
intensifying and scale up the planting of rubber trees, giving Amazon rubber an economic advantage over South and Southeast Asian rubber plantations.

Question 13

Which of the following statements about the "Baltimore Affair" is FALSE?

A) Some newspapers in the US urged war against Chile to defend American honor.
B) The persistence of inaccurate myths about the incident in Chile highlight the power and endurance of "Yankeephobia."
C) The incident included aspects of gender and sexual politics along with personal pride and nationalistic honor.
D) Relations between the US and Chilean governments had been smooth before the incident.

Question 14

The outcome of the "Pan-American" movement in these years did not satisfy the goals of either Manuel Ugarte or James G. Blaine.

Question 15

Which of the following was NOT a priority issue of feminist activism in Latin America in the first decades of the twentieth century?

A) Winning women the right to vote.
B) Winning married women the right to their own legal standing and personhood.
C) Legalizing abortion.
D) Winning married women the right to own and manage their own property.