| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Which of the following Latin American countries was the last to become independent from Spain (1898)? | Cuba | 85%
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| 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? | Monroe Doctrine | 85%
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| Between 1864-1870, Paraguay fought a war against the allied forces of which of the following three countries? | Argentina, Brazil & Uruguay | 77%
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| Which country lost access to the sea as a result of the War of the Pacific (1879-1884)? | Bolivia | 77%
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| Which was the last Latin American country to abolish slavery (1888)? | Brazil | 77%
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| As a result of the Spanish-American War (1898), Spain lost control over which Caribbean possessions? | Cuba & Puerto Rico | 77%
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| Throughout most of 19th century, most Latin American countries were immersed in a constant and often bloody clash between these two political ideologies? | Conservativism vs.Liberalism | 62%
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| Which European power established a client state in Mexico in the 1860s? | France | 62%
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| Which European monarchy moved its court to Latin America (1807) as a result of Napoleon's Peninsular War? | Portugal | 62%
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| Which peace treaty (1848) ended the Mexican-American War and ceded large portions of Mexican territory to the United States? | Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo | 62%
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| Between 1825-1828, which two countries fought a war over an area known as Banda Oriental? | Brazil & Argentina | 38%
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| Which country (and former colony) did Spain re-occupy between 1861-1865? | Dominican Republic | 38%
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| Which country occupied/annexed the Dominican Republic between 1822-1844? | Haiti | 38%
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| Between 1865-1866, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, and Peru, forged an alliance to repel this country's attempts to assert its influence over South America? | Spain | 38%
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| In 1878, to which country did the Colombian government grant a concession to dig a canal across the isthmus of Panama ? | France | 31%
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