Ch. 30 Quiz

Which group led the independence movements in most of Latin America?

• Spanish and Portuguese officials born in the Iberian peninsula

• American-born whites or creoles

• Indians

• Mestizos or people of mixed Indian and European descent

• Mulattos or people of mixed African and European descent

Throughout Latin America, the Indian population

• generally supported the new republican governments

• remained largely outside the national political life

• revolted against Europeans and later the newly independent governments

• acquired rights in some countries but not all

• was indifferent to whoever ruled

In many 19th century Latin American nations, governments were in the hands of

• independent leaders or army commanders, who ruled regions by force

• the Roman Catholic Church and its bishops

• European born aristocratic elites, who survived the wars of independence

• monarchists

• leaders sympathetic to the Indians and working poor

Which of the following was NOT an effect of the Indian Removal Act of 1830 in the United States?

• The Cherokees suffered a forced migration known as the Trail of Tears

• All Native Americans were effectively moved to the Oklahoma Territory

• Most conflict with Native Americans moved to the Great Plains

• Some Seminole resisted and remained in the Florida lowlands

• American settlers occupied former Native lands east of the Mississippi

The Mexican-American War was primarily caused by

• the instigations of Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna

• the Texan rebellion, which spilled over to the United States

• an American desire for revenge for Mexican actions at the Alamo

• a border dispute over ownership of Arizona and California

• the American notion of Manifest Destiny

How did Canada achieve independence from Britain?

• Independence was declared after victory in the War of 1812

• Britain granted Canada independence after their defeat in the Canadian Revolution

• Independence was granted gradually over a long period of time

• The Durham Report granted Canada immediate independence from Britain in 1839

• British and French Canadians formed the Canadian Alliance and declared independence in 1843

Which of the following groups did not migrate to the U.S. in large numbers in the 19th c.?

• Germans

• English

• Poles

• Scots

• Italians

Which of the following was most crucial in allowing American industrialization to grow exponentially in the 19th c.?

• The creation of a nationwide railway system

• The creation of the telegraph to rapidly communicate across long distances

• Improvements in steamships to dramatically affect the time taken to ship and receive resources and merchandise

• A national socialist policy that forced manufacturers to share technology and resources

• National tariffs to protect domestic businesses from foreign competition

Which of the following sets include an invention that was NOT introduced in the second half of the 19th c.?

• Telephone, phonograph, motion picture camera

• Electric lights, blue jeans, radio

• Typewriter, automobile, refrigerator

• Zipper, electric lights, escalator

• Bicycles, telegraph, vaccination

Which of the following is NOT a reason why Latin America failed to industrialize in the 19th c.?

• Local elites profited from trade with the Europeans and had no incentive to create their own industry at home

• Latin Americans preferred agricultural and ranching work to industrial work

• Market potential failed to incentivize European investment in Latin American industry

• National governments were weak and failed to make their nation’s attractive to foreign investment

• Their reliance on cash crops led to economic instability and foreign influence on their governments, which stymied the growth of domestic industry