T3L4 Independence for Mexico and Central America

Match the following

• dominate

• to rule or have power over

• Enlightenment

• transfer ownership of a business to the government

• maize

• corn

• accomodate

• to meet some of the wishes of

• nationalize

• movement that questioned the rule of the king

Two people who led a Mexican revolt for independence; both were captured and executed (choose two)

• Father Miguel Hidalgo

• Father Jose Morelos

• Napoleon Bonaparte

• Maximilian

The French Emperor who invaded Spain in the 1800s

• Father Miguel Hidalgo

• Maximilian

• Napoleon Bonaparte

Match the following

• Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI)

• this links the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean

• Mexican Revolution

• agreement in which Mexico agreed to give the U.S. one-third of its territory

• Panama Canal

• a period of armed rebellion in Mexico, fighting for reform

• Mexican Cession

• political group in Mexico which backed social reform

Leader/President of Mexico (choose two)

• Benito Juarez (1861)

• Porfirio Diaz (1870-1911)

• Napoleon Bonaparte

• Miguel Hidalgo

Which of the following laid the groundwork for the revolt that led to Mexico's independence from Spain?

• the expansion of trade

• the Mexican Cession

• the conquest of Spain by Napoleon Bonaparte

In the late 1900s, conflict broke out in Central American countries such as Guatemala and Nicaragua as people fought to overthrow

• colonial rulers

• dictatorships

• monarchies

How did the Mexico's new constitution in 1917 aim to change Mexican life?

• It gave more land to farmers and more rights to workers.

• It gave citizens strong representation in government.

• It established a dictatorship with one strong ruler.

What describes current Central America's countries in the 1820s?

• They became colonies of the United States.

• They broke away from Mexico.

• They won independence from Spain.

The immediate cause of the Mexican Revolution of 1910

• Spanish domination

• widespread poverty

• the building of the Panama Canal