Revolutions in Latin America and the Caribbean Answers

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What was the economy of Saint Domingue dependent upon? Select four options.

A
sugar plantations
B
enslaved Africans
C
an African uprising
D
strenuous manual labor
E
a majority of free Whites
F
ruthless plantation owners
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A
stopping the rebellion in a town called Dolores.
B
beginning the Mexican independence movement.
C
defeating the Spanish colonial government.
D
collaborating with criollos and peninsulares.
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Read the passage.I declare to you to re-establish slavery would be to attempt the impossible: we have known how to face dangers to obtain our liberty, we shall know how to brave death to maintain it.Toussaint L’Ouverture, 1797

A
not be able to appreciate freedom.
B
not fight for freedom anymore.
C
rather die than go back to being enslaved.
D
rather go back to being enslaved than die.
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Brazil’s road to independence was different from that of its Latin American neighbors in that

A
the battles with Portugal were much bloodier.
B
Brazil sought independence from France and Portugal.
C
criollos signed a petition and asked the king’s son, Don Pedro, to rule.
D
criollos killed the Portuguese king and appointed Don Pedro in his place.
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Who sparked the independence movement in Mexico?

A
peninsulares and mestizos
B
criollos and peninsulares
C
criollos and Indigenous people
D
mestizos and Indigenous people
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A
Cuba
B
Haiti
C
the Dominican Republic
D
the Bahamas
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A
Simón Bolívar
B
Toussaint L’Ouverture
C
Miguel Hidalgo
D
P. J. Laborie
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The Napoleonic Wars in Europe prompted which group to declare independence in Spanish Latin America?

A
peninsulares
B
mestizos
C
criollos
D
enslaved Africans
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What was a direct result of the uprising in Haiti?

A
Plantation owners stopped abusing the people they enslaved.
B
All enslaved people on the island were freed by the rebels.
C
Toussaint L’Ouverture was released by the French.
D
Enslaved people began producing more crops.
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The coup d’etats are most often

A
extremely peaceful.
B
very violent.
C
unsuccessful.
D
long lasting.

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