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Question #1
In the second half of the nineteenth century, Chile and Peru participated in the global economy through the export of
A.   bat guano.
B.   cattle.
C.   rubber.
D.   slaves.
Question #2
What characterized slave life in the later years of the slave system in Brazil?
A.   Slaves were increasingly integrated into their master's families.
B.   The cost of slavery declined rapidly.
C.   Many free blacks began to argue against emancipation.
D.   Slave resistance in all of its forms intensified.
Question #3
What increased economic pressure on indigenous peoples and workers across the Americas in the decades following the American Civil War?
A.   The reconquest of parts of the Americas by European colonial powers
B.   The expansion of slavery
C.   Population decline in most areas
D.   The strengthening of liberalism in economic systems
Question #4
How did the different experience of slaves in the independence movements of Haiti and the United States shape other independence movements across the Americas?
A.   Colonial elites in societies with large unfree populations supported more gradual independence.
B.   Colonial elites realized that slaves needed to be freed for independence to succeed.
C.   Colonial elites realized independence could not be obtained in states with large slave populations.
D.   Colonial elites became determined to end slavery before independence movements began.
Question #5
How did immigration and economic changes affect Buenos Aires by the early twentieth century?
A.   Rapid growth led Argentina to relocate the capital inland.
B.   Because immigration was restricted, growth was only incremental.
C.   The city became a backwater as other coastal towns grew.
D.   The city became a cosmopolitan metropolis of over 3.6 million.
Question #6
How was the role of slaves in Spanish-American independence movements different from that in the United States?
A.   In Spanish America, slaves mostly fought on the side of Spain.
B.   In Spanish America, slaves took advantage of independence movements to move to frontiers.
C.   In Spanish America, slaves mostly sought return to Africa.
D.   In Spanish America, independence movements offered freedom to slaves.
Question #7
How did American industrial workers respond to mass immigration from the 1860s?
A.   Immigration led to a decline in cultural and religious traditions among workers.
B.   Immigrants were welcomed because they brought European traditions of unionization.
C.   Immigration increased racial and religious antagonisms among workers.
D.   Immigrants were welcomed because they tended to increase wage rates.
Question #8
What did Argentinian political philosopher Juan Bautista Alberdi argue about immigration?
A.   He argued that immigrants drained precious national resources.
B.   He argued that freed slaves would make the best citizens.
C.   He argued that massive immigration would strengthen the country.
D.   He argued that immigrants should only come from Protestant nations.
Question #9
The U.S. government gave 130 million acres of land to what industry in the nineteenth century?
A.   The silver-mining industry
B.   The oil industry
C.   The textile industry
D.   The railroad industry
Question #10
What did Porfirio Díaz consider to be his first challenge upon assuming the presidency of Mexico in 1876?
A.   The establishment of a liberal constitution
B.   Arranging for a peaceful succession
C.   Attracting foreign investment
D.   Expelling the French-installed emperor, Maximilian
Question #11
What was the dominant ideology in the new nations of the former Spanish Empire in the century after independence?
A.   Marxism
B.   Liberalism
C.   Clericalism
D.   Republicanism
Question #12
By 1910, what percentage of Mexican peasants owned no land?
A.   80
B.   20
C.   60
D.   40
Question #13
What does the fate of the La Valenciana mine in postindependence Mexico exemplify about the nation's economic development?
A.   Investment by the United States was needed to strengthen the economy.
B.   The economy became stronger and more diversified.
C.   The economy became more dependent on the export of precious metals.
D.   The economy withered and trade collapsed.
Question #14
Between 1850 and 1880, Trinidad and Jamaica experienced large-scale immigration from
A.   South Asia.
B.   Great Britain.
C.   China.
D.   Brazil.
Question #15
In 1920, where was the largest Japanese community in the world outside of Japan?
A.   Mexico
B.   Brazil
C.   The United States
D.   Argentina
Question #16
Which of these was true in both colonial Spanish America and the independent states of Central and South America in 1900?
A.   Indigenous communities had enormous economic influence.
B.   Retreat from the global economy produced domestic prosperity.
C.   Few immigrants settled in the region.
D.   Land was concentrated in the hands of colonial elites.

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