Agrarian Reforms in Latin America

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What percentage of agricultural land in Latin America was owned by a small number of large haciendas in 1960?

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Four-fifths (80%)

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What was the employment situation of agrarian workers in Latin America during the hacienda system?

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They worked long hours in precarious conditions and sometimes did not receive payment for their labor.

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What movement was influenced by the Cuban Revolution of 1959?

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Workers organized themselves into movements to improve their situation.

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What program did the United States launch to prevent the spread of socialist ideas in Latin America?

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The Alliance for Progress.

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What were the two measures adopted by the military junta in Ecuador to deal with the economic crisis in the early 1960s?

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Introduction of agrarian reform and promotion of industrialization.

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What was one objective of the agrarian reform of 1964 in Ecuador?

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Redistribute unproductive land concentrated in few hands.

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What was another objective of the agrarian reform of 1964?

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Relieve discontent of agrarian workers.

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What did the agrarian reform of 1964 aim to eliminate?

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The huasipungo and forms of unpaid work.

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How did the agrarian reform of 1964 aim to improve agricultural productivity?

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By the use of agricultural technologies.