Independence in Latin America

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Examine the diagram. What does this diagram describe?

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the social structure of prerevolutionary Haiti

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Who was Simón Bolívar?

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a revolutionary leader who fought for independence across Latin America

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Which statement describes a similarity between the Haitian revolution and the Latin American revolutions that followed? Options: They were all led by former enslaved people who escaped from Caribbean plantations. They all brought about societies with equal rights for people of all races. They all gained support from political leaders in the United States. They were all sparked by deeply unequal social structures.

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They were all sparked by deeply unequal social structures.

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Examine the timeline. Which nation’s path to independence does this timeline describe? Options: Peru, Chile, Mexico, Venezuela

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Mexico

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Which statement describes a difference between Brazil and other Latin American nations? Options: It diversified its agricultural economy., It included a smaller mixed-race population., It had more social divisions separating its peoples., It achieved independence by a declaration of its ruler.

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It achieved independence by a declaration of its ruler.

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Based on Simón Bolívar's quotation, what did Bolívar believe?

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Latin American rebels would succeed despite the inferior power of their militaries.

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Which event replaces the question mark in the sequence of events in the early history of Haiti? 1. French troops capture and imprison Toussaint Louverture. 2. Jean-Jacques Dessalines takes over leadership of the independence movement. 3. Dessalines attempts to reinstitute the plantation system. 4. Dessalines is killed trying to put down a rebellion. 5. ?

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The nation plunges into civil war.

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Which country was made independent by a member of the royal family that had once ruled the colony?

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Brazil

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Which factor had the most direct impact on the independence movements in Spain’s New World colonies? Options: the United States’ recognition of Haiti’s independence, the decisions made at the Congress of Vienna, the success of the American Revolution, the victories of Napoleon in Europe

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the victories of Napoleon in Europe

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Which statement explains how words such as those in this excerpt impacted the society of Saint-Domingue?
People are born and stay free and equal in rights. Society can only have distinct social classes based on the common good. – Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, 1789 (paraphrase)

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They contributed to tensions among the different social classes.