Deck 6: Progress

Question 1

By the second half of the nineteenth century, which statement best defined the idea of Progress with a capital P)?

A) Progress connected with nationalism.
B) Progress was the idea of inevitable, all-conquering technological advancement.
C) Progress translated into capitalism.
D) Progress meant equality and democracy.

Answer 1

Progress was the idea of inevitable, all-conquering technological advancement.

Question 2

Who invented the term "Latin America"?

A) The term was invented by the Spanish conquerors to demonstrate a strong connection with Spain.
B) The term was invented by the Portuguese when they tried to take control of the entire region.
C) The term was invented by the revolutionaries during the wars of independence.
D) The term was invented by the French to imply a cultural kinship with France.

Answer 2

The term was invented by the French to imply a cultural kinship with France.

Question 3

Which Latin American country first connected with Europe in 1874 via the transatlantic telegraph?

A) Argentina
B) Mexico
C) Uruguay
D) Brazil

Answer 3

Brazil

Question 4

Why did the Mexican people contribute to the Catholic Church?

A) They were legally obligated to pay a tenth of their income to the Church.
B) They donated money willingly.
C) They didn't need to donate money to the Church because it already was a rich institution.
D) They contributed by being faithful.

Question 5

At what time was liberalism most popular in Latin America?

A) from 1800 to 1850
B) throughout the entire nineteenth century
C) for the first half of the nineteenth century
D) from 1850 to 1880

Question 6

For the nationalists, what is the greatest obstacle to Progress?

A) the present
B) the future
C) the past
D) the Church

Question 7

Who invited the French monarchs to rule Mexico?

A) liberals
B) conservatives
C) the Spaniards
D) all Mexicans

Question 8

Which statement best describes the relationship between women and liberalism during the second half of the nineteenth century?

A) Liberalism radically changed the lives of women.
B) Liberalism did not change the lives of women.
C) Liberalism caused the lives of all women to change for the worse.
D) Liberalism changed the lives of a selected group of women.

Question 9

What was a "fuero" and who enjoyed it in Mexico?

A) The fuero was a legal exemption enjoyed by the indigenous people.
B) The fuero was a large house where the clergy lived.
C) The fuero was a broad legal exemption enjoyed by the clergy.
D) The fuero was the amount of money the clergy received each year for their service.

Question 10

Which statement best describes the relationship between politics and religion in Mexico throughout the nineteenth century?

A) Religion and politics had always worked together in Mexico.
B) Religion and politics never worked cooperatively in Mexico.
C) Religion and politics worked together in Mexico after the wars of independence.
D) Religion and politics only worked together in Mexico during the colonial period.

Question 11

Mexican liberals

A) disliked the Catholic Church as an institution.
B) were antireligious.
C) formed alliances with the Catholic Church.
D) wanted to enjoy fueros.

Question 12

Why did Alberdi urge the government to promote European immigration to Argentina?

A) Argentina had a small population.
B) Argentina had a small population, and Europeans were supposedly superior people.
C) He wanted to kill all Argentines and populate the country with Europeans.
D) The Europeans would bring investments.

Question 13

Which were the most important means of transportation that could be found in Latin America during the nineteenth century?

A) steamships and railroads
B) steamships and cars
C) railroads and carts
D) railroads and horses

Question 14

Benito Juárez became the indigenous governor of which country?

A) Mexico
B) Uruguay
C) Brazil
D) Peru

Question 15

In which Latin American country did the Church have the strongest presence by the middle of the nineteenth century?

A) Mexico
B) Peru
C) Brazil
D) Paraguay

Question 16

Within the liberal model, what did landowners desire?

A) to sell products on the international market
B) a monarchical government
C) equality
D) to promote national products

Question 17

During the second half of the nineteenth century, how did the few women who gained rights become influential?

A) as politicians
B) as writers
C) as wives
D) as teachers

Question 18

In which country did the following statement become the liberal slogan: Gobernar es poblar, "To govern is to populate"?

A) Uruguay
B) Mexico
C) Peru
D) Argentina

Question 19

In Mexico, "Religion and Fueros!" became the battle cry of conservatives. Why was this the case?

A) Conservatives wanted to live in the fueros.
B) Conservative Mexicans saw religion, church, and clergy as one and the same.
C) They believed in Progress.
D) They wanted to prohibit the fueros.

Question 20

By the middle of the nineteenth century, did the Church in Mexico own land?

A) Yes, the Church owned about half the best farmland in Mexico.
B) No, the Church was legally restricted from owning land.
C) The Church was allowed to own land, but had almost nothing.
D) The Church was allowed to own land, but was obliged to share it with all its parishioners.

Question 21

What was the darker side of liberalism?

A) its racial ideas
B) its economic ideas
C) its antireligious sentiments
D) its intentions to destroy the Catholic Church

Question 22

Because of the governing parties' liberal political philosophy, by the end of the nineteenth century, Buenos Aires would end up resembling which of these cities?

A) Lima and Caracas
B) Milan and Paris
C) Boston and New York
D) Miami and San Francisco

Question 23

Which countries were involved in The Triple Alliance War?

A) Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay
B) Paraguay and Bolivia
C) Mexico and Chile
D) Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay

Question 24

Which country was considered the most politically stable in the nineteenth century?

A) Venezuela
B) Mexico
C) Colombia
D) Chile

Question 25

Which were the consequences of the Brazilian "free birth" law?

A) The law freed all slaves.
B) The law established that slaves would remain slaves, but their children would be born free.
C) The law did not relate to slaves.
D) The law banned the slave trade.