Question | Answer | % Correct |
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Which of the following Latin American countries was the last to become independent from Spain (1898)? | Cuba | 96%
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As a result of the Spanish-American War (1898), Spain lost control over which Caribbean possessions? | Cuba & Puerto Rico | 96%
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Which country lost access to the sea as a result of the War of the Pacific (1879-1884)? | Bolivia | 91%
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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 | 87%
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Which was the last Latin American country to abolish slavery (1888)? | Brazil | 87%
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Which European monarchy moved its court to Latin America (1807) as a result of Napoleon's Peninsular War? | Portugal | 87%
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Which European power established a client state in Mexico in the 1860s? | France | 83%
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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 | 78%
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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 | 65%
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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 | 61%
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Which country occupied/annexed the Dominican Republic between 1822-1844? | Haiti | 61%
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Which country (and former colony) did Spain re-occupy between 1861-1865? | Dominican Republic | 57%
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Between 1825-1828, which two countries fought a war over an area known as Banda Oriental? | Brazil & Argentina | 52%
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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 | 48%
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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 | 39%
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