Chapt 27-31 Flashcards
(29 cards)
Followers of emililiano Zapata who led a peasant revolt
Zapatistas
A government takeover of national resources
Nationalization
Mexican muralist whose art reflected cultural nationalism
Diego Rivera
FDR’s policy of nonintervention in Latin America
Good neighbor policy
Former Chilean dictator who was later arrested in Europe for human rights violations
Augusto Pinochet
Large commercial farms
Agribusinesses
Policy where goods are produced at home to replace imports
Import substitution
First black woman elected to the Brazilian congress
Benedita da silva
The event that brought the superpowers to the brink of nuclear war
Cuban missile crisis
JFK Launched this program to promote aid to Latin America
Alliance for progress
The president of chile who was overthrown in a U.S. Backed coup.
Salvador Allende
Mexico linked its economy to the U.S. And Canada through this
NAFTA
This was the landing site of a failed coup attempt in Cuba
Bay of pigs
How would you describe the role of women in mexicos revolution
Extensive
The constitution of 1917 established
Minimum wage for workers
What did the PRI do in regards to the oil industry
Nationalized foreign oil holding
The goal of economic nationalism in Latin America was to
End foreign control of Latin American economies
The reason Latin America’s drive to create domestic industries enjoyed limited success was because of
The unequal distribution of wealth hampered economic developments
What factors combined to make Latin America culturally diverse
Conquest, immigrations, intermarriage
What is the effect of the population explosion in Latin America
Poverty increases, increase of urbanization
How did many Latin American military governments do to restore order
Imposed harsh regimes, sponsored capitalism
Examples of policies implemented under economic nationalism
Import substitution
How did Mexico and Brazil get out of debt
Cut spending on social programs, open markets to form companies
What did church workers in the liberation theology movement work for
Changing social conditions and social justice and ending poverty