Chapter 32
For each region discussed in this chapter (the United States, Latin America and Canada), set up a landscape-oriented sheet with three columns: Politics, Economics and Culture. Write the following facts (Note: some can be used in more than one place) on the proper sheet and in the proper column:
1. Westward expansion fueled by Louisiana Purchase and Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
2. Cultural tension primarily between descendants of English and French settlers
3. Transcontinental railroad played huge economic role during 19th century
4. Of the three regions, it had the simplest and least violent road toward nation building
5. After defeating a common colonial enemy, solidarity was impossible to sustain
6. Little experience with self-government prior to independence contributed to ongoing fragmentation throughout 19th century
7. Issue of slavery divided North and South as question of whether new states to the West would be slave or free
8. British and later U.S. investment exploited raw materials for foreign markets
9. Industrial expansion fueled by inventions: electric lights, telephones, typewriters, phonographs, film photography, electric motors
10. Indigenous peoples pushed aside and Euro-American hegemony established
11. Less than 5% of male population active in politics throughout 19th century
12. Tens of millions of European migrants brought new foods, music, dances, sports, languages
13. “Declaration of Sentiments” at Seneca Falls in 1848 gave life to rising feminist movement
14. Men steeped in the values of machismo meant this region was highly male dominated
15. Fear of looming presence of United States helped reduce ethnic tensions and boost nationalistic feelings
16. Military heroes called caudillos often ruled despotically, gave rise to liberal reformers
17. Millions of Italian immigrants came to work on coffee plantations
18. National Policy focused on attracting migrants, erecting tariffs and building national transportation system
19. Chinese migrants played key role in building railroads, mining gold in the West
20. Armed conflict in the 1860s initially over states’ rights and secession; resolution preserved national unity and ended slavery
21. Revolution in 1911-1920 pitted middle-class, peasants and workers against powerful dictator and grossly unequal land distribution
22. Xenophobic fears lead to migration from China and Japan being officially banned in 1882 and 1908, respectively
23. Efforts to industrialize largely failed as profits went to oligarchy and foreign investors, generally cementing strong-arm rule and economic dependence
24. Exports included copper, silver, bananas, beef, rubber, wheat, sugar