8. Latin America

Which people represented the highest social class in Latin America?

• Mestizos

• Indians

• People born in Spain

• Creoles

Who were the mestizos?

• Europeans who had moved to Latin America

• people who were part Indian and part Spanish

• slaves who worked on the plantations

• soldiers in Napoleon’s army

Which of the following influenced the Latin American independence?

• the French Revolution

• writings of Enlightenment thinkers

• the American revolution

• all of the above

How did Napoleon Bonaparte influence the Latin American independence movement?

• He invaded Latin America

• He stopped trade to Latin America

• He wrote articles about Latin American independence

• He installed his brother on the Spanish throne

What was Haiti’s Night of Fire?

• the night a devastating forest fire happened

• the night lots of shooting stars fell from the sky

• the night slaves began a rebellion

• the nigh many people lot their jobs

Haiti is part of what island?

• Hispaniola

• Cuba

• Puerto Rico

• Bermuda

Who began Haiti’s struggle for independence?

• Biassou

• Boukman

• Jean Francois

• Santo Domingo

What was the fist was way Toussaint helped the Haitian revolution?

• as a general

• as a doctor

• as a speaker

• as a president

Why did the French finally leave St. Domingue?

• Dessalines kept burning down towns

• Toussaint was captured

• Yellow fever killed thousands of French soldiers

• St. Domingue was in ruins

In what year did Mexico’s War of Independence begin?

• 1800

• 1808

• 1821

• 1810