Chapter 32 Study Guide

  1. The building of American states
    1. Introduction
      1. Why was the United States an unstable society in the mid 19 century?
      2. What was the result of the civil war?
      3. How did Canda gains it's Independence?
      4. What area of the Americas was a political fragmented region?
    2. The United States
      1. By 1820s who could vote in the United States?
      2. List the areas the United States acquired during the 19th Century.
      3. Define Manifest Destiny.
      4. Sumarize the major conflicts with indigenous peoples that followed westward expansion in the United States.
      5. The Mexican-American War, 1845-1848
        1. What territory did Mexico control that is now part of the United States?
        2. How did the war with Mexico begin?
        3. What was the result of the war?
      6. Explain what was the major sectional conflict in the United States by the middle of the 19th century ?
      7. The U.S. Civil War, 1861-1865
        1. What event triggered the war?
        2. What was the South fighting for?
        3. What were northerners fighting for?
        4. What did Lincoln do that resulted in the abolition of slavery becoming a goal of the war?
        5. What was the outcome of the war?
    3. Who did Canada gain it's independence? Th
      1. What characterized Canadian History?
      2. How did French Quebec become part of Canada?
      3. What helped unify the French and British Canadians?
      4. Describe how and why home rule was granted to Canada?
      5. Describe the political structure of the Dominion of Canada that was created in 1867?
      6. Who was the first Prime Minister of Canada and what was some of his accomplishments?
        • How did he help unify and strengthen the Union?
    4. Latin America: fragmentation and political experimentation
      1. Who was Simón Bolívar and why did mean when he said, "I fear peace more than war".
      2. What three areas did his land become?
      3. Explain why did Creole elites face political instability after independence?
      4. What were some of the common problems facing Lain American people?
      5. Define Caudillos and give an example of one.
      6. Mexico: war and reform from 1821-1911
        1. Summarize Mexico's political systems during the 19th century?
        2. Who was Benito Juarez and what were his achievements?
        1. Who strongly opposed reforms?
      1. Mexico: revolution (1911-1920)
        1. Describe the Mexican revolution how did begin?
        2. Explain the unequal system of landed estates?
        3. Who was Emiliano Zapata and Pancho Villa?
        4. What brought about reforms and the end of the revolution?
  2. American economic development
    1. Introduction
      1. What two principals shaped economic development throughout the Americas?
    2. Migration to the Americas
      1. Industrial migrants to United States and Canada
        1. What drew people to the United States and Canada?
        2. How many Europeans migrated to the U.S. In 1850s?
        3. What contributed to U.S. industrial expansion?
        4. Between 1852-1875, how many Chinese migrated to California to work in mines and railroads?
      2. Where did Latin American migrants mostly work?
      3. Where did migrants to Latin America come from and where did they go to work in Latin America?
    3. Economic expansion in the United States
      1. What did British capital help develop in the United States?
      2. What was the social and economic impact of the railroads on the United States?
      3. Explain how railroads changed how Americans organized space and time.
      4. Dramatic economic growth between 1870 and 1900
        1. List some new inventions in America between 1870 and 1900.
        2. What was the role of organized labor in America during the later part of the 19th century? How effective was organized labor?
    4. Canadian prosperity
      1. Explain the National Policy in Canada.
      2. What role did US investment play in Canada's development?
    5. Explain why Latin American did not develop widespread Industrialization.
      1. Where were their some attempts at Industrialization in Latin America?
      2. What drove economic growth in Latin America?
  3. American culture and social diversity
    1. How would you describe American society by the late nineteenth century?
      1. Describe how Native peoples had been treated?
      2. How were freed slaves treated?
      3. Describe the American women's movement in nineteenth century.
        1. What was the Seneca Falls Convention and the "Declaration of Sentiments"?
      4. How man migrants to to America from 1840-1914.
        1. How were the newcomers treated by "native-born" Americans ?
        2. Where did they live?
    2. Canadian cultural contrasts
      1. Describe the Ethnic diversity in Canada.
      2. What was the Northwest Rebellion by the métis? Who was Louis Riel?
      3. What was a result of this rebellion?
    3. Ethnicity, identity, and gender in Latin America
      1. How was Latin American societies organized?
      2. Describe the large-scale migration in nineteenth century and how it brought cultural diversity in Latin America?
      3. Who were the Gauchos and how was thier life disrupted?
      4. What was a central feature of Latin American society in the nineteenth century?
        • Define Machismo?