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Chapter 25: The Consolidation of Latin America, 1830–1920

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	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. In 1808 Napoleon placed the king of Spain and his son under arrest and forced them to abdicate in favor of his .

	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. In Mexico the independence conspiracy among leading creoles moved Father to turn to the Indians and mestizos of his region in 1810.

	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. , a creole officer at the head of the army sent to crush the independence movement in Mexico, instead joined forces with them and occupied Mexico City in 1821.

	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. In 1822 Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador united into a new nation called .

	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. In Buenos Aires, had emerged as the military commander willing to speak and act for independence.

	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. Peru and Bolivia were united between 1829 and 1839 under the mestizo general .

	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. The mobilization of large armies with loyalties to regional commanders led to the rise of , independent leaders who dominated local areas by force in defiance of national policies.

	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. A struggle often developed between who wanted to create strong national governments with broad powers and federalists, who wanted policies to be set by regional governments.

	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. Following defeat in the Mexican American War, Mexico was forced to sign the disadvantageous Treaty of .

	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. One of the most influential opponents of Santa Ana following the Mexican American War was , a humble Indian who had received a legal education.

	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. The Liberal revolt against Santa Ana's rule, called , began in 1854.

	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. At French urging , an Austrian Archduke, was convinced to take the throne of Mexico in 1862.

	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. By 1862, in a movement resembling La Reforma in Mexico, the provinces surrounding the Rio de la Plata were united in a unified nation called the .

	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. President of Argentina initiated a wide series of political reforms and economic measures critical of the rule of the caudillos.

	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. In the provinces of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, coffee estates or began to spread toward the interior as new lands were opened.

	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. theory held out the promise that any society could move toward a brighter future by essentially following the path taken earlier by the industrialization of Western Europe.

	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. In 1876 , one of Juarez's generals, was elected president and proceeded to dominate Mexican politics for 35 years.

	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. The outbreak of the War in 1898 opened the door to direct U.S. involvement in the Caribbean.

	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. The , obtained in return for support of an independence movement, was a remarkable engineering feat and a fitting symbol of the technological and industrial strength of the United States.

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