Week of November 30
Monday, November 30
Aim: What factors contributed to South American Independence under Bolivar and San Martin?
HW: If you did not complete the take home assignment on Bolivar and San Martin please finish tonight - It counts as a Take Home Test
NO HW If take home exam was submitted to class today
Tuesday, December 1
Aim: Were the Latin American independence movements a success or a failure?
Outside Reading completed in Class "Unfinished Dreams" Complete and submit questions
HW: Read pp658 - 659
- What change in Europe contributed to the growing trade between Latin America and Europe?
- What three problems shattered Bolivar's dreams for a United South America?
- Describe political power following independence in Latin America from Spain?
- What were the two privileged groups in the 1800s?
- Why were the new governments of Latin America weak?
- What is a caudillo?
- How did the conservatives differ from the liberals on class structure, censorship, and religion?
- Why were the Latin American countries economically dependent following independence?
- What products did help boost the economies of Chile, Brazil, and Venezuela?
- How does the primary source p659 illustrate economic independence?
Wednesday, December 2
Aim: What was the legacy of Latin American independence?
HW: Read pp. 661-662
- Why was the United States seen as the "Colossus of the North"?
- What was the significance of the Monroe Doctrine?
- How did America gain land in the Southwest?
- What land did the US gain as a result of the Spanish American War in 1898?
- What was the Roosevelt Corollary?
- Why was the Panama Canal an example of Yankee Imperialism?
Thursday, December 3
Aim: How did the US change its role in Latin America?
Parent Teacher Night
Review Latin American Independence Movements
Test: Friday, Bring a number 2 pencil - Review Flash Cards
Friday, December 4
Test Nationalism - Latin American Independence
Haiti will be included
Map on Latin America will be included too