19th-Century Latin America

1. Which of the following Latin American countries was the last to become independent from Spain (1898)?

2. Between 1825-1828, which two countries fought a war over an area known as Banda Oriental?

3. Which European power established a client state in Mexico in the 1860s?

4. Which country lost access to the sea as a result of the War of the Pacific (1879-1884)?

5. Which country occupied/annexed the Dominican Republic between 1822-1844?

6. Which European monarchy moved its court to Latin America (1807) as a result of Napoleon's Peninsular War?

7. Which country (and former colony) did Spain re-occupy between 1861-1865?

8. Which peace treaty (1848) ended the Mexican-American War and ceded large portions of Mexican territory to the United States?

9. Between 1864-1870, Paraguay fought a war against the allied forces of which of the following three countries?

10. Between 1865-1866, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, and Peru, forged an alliance to repel this country's attempts to assert its influence over South America?

11. As a result of the Spanish-American War (1898), Spain lost control over which Caribbean possessions?

12. Throughout most of 19th century, most Latin American countries were immersed in a constant and often bloody clash between these two political ideologies?

13. Which was the last Latin American country to abolish slavery (1888)?

14. What is the name of the United States foreign policy principle, promulgated in 1823, which effectively declared Latin America to be a distinct sphere of American influence?

15. In 1878, to which country did the Colombian government grant a concession to dig a canal across the isthmus of Panama ?