Latin America in the 19 th Century

1. AP World History Uvalde High School Latin America in the 19th Century

2. Focus Question What events facilitated independence movements in Latin America in the early 19th century?

3. Latin American Independence • Creoles • 3.5 million creoles in Latin America by 1800 • Only 30,000 peninsulares • Resent tight government and economic regulations • Want to replace peninsulares but retain their privileged position • American Revolution • Napoleon’s Invasion of Spain & Portugal

4. Latin American Independence • 1810 – Miguel de Hidalgo begins uprising in Mexico • Independence gained by Augustine de Iturbide in 1821 • 1819 – Simon Bolivar (right) gains independence for Columbia • Liberates South America with help from Jose de San Martin • Attempt for a unified northern South America fails in 1830 • 1821 – Brazil gains independence

5. Problems After Independence • Caudillos • Juan Manuel de Rosas (Argentina) • “Machiavelli of the pampas” • Kills over 22,000 people • Latin America had little experience with self-government • Creoles dominate politics • Only 5% of male population participated in politics • Role of the Catholic Church • Poor treatment of natives

6. Mexico (1821-1857) • 1821-1850’s marked by political instability • Went from monarchy to republic to caudillo rule • Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana (left) dominates politics prior to 1850 • Church remains influential • Owns almost 50% of all productive land in Mexico • Nationalism grows after Mexican-American War

7. Benito Juarez (1861-1872) • Liberal mestizo • First Mexican ruler without a military background • Institutes La Reforma • Focus on land redistribution to improve the condition of natives • Confiscates church lands • Speculators and large landowners buy land instead of natives • Most of Mexico’s peasants were landless by 1900 • Creates a backlash from Mexican conservatives

8. Porfirio Diaz (1876-1910) • Industrialized Mexico • Built railroads • Improved banking system • Focused on oil & mining • Depended on foreign investment • Increasingly autocratic • Oppressed political opposition

9. Economic Problems • Monroe Doctrine (1823) • Economic Imperialism? • Britain replaced Spain as the dominant economic force in Latin America • Economy depended heavily on exports • Britain dominated until 1860 • Modernization theory vs. Dependency theory

10. U.S. Imperialism

11. U.S. Intervention in Latin America • Mexican-American War (1846-1848) • Spanish-American War • U.S. gains Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Guam • “Independence” for Cuba • Roosevelt Corollary • Panama Canal Mexican Cession as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo (1848)

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15. “Big Stick” foreign policy

16. Argentina • After independence dominated by caudillos • Politically stabilized after 1862 • Economic growth based on exports • Primary export is beef • Dependent on foreign capital • Large numbers of immigrants from Europe • 3.5 million from Italy, Germany, Russia, etc. • Golondrinas

17. Latin American Society • Few changes for women in Latin America • Remained under the control of their fathers and husbands • Lower class had more economic freedoms • Gained more access to education • Racial castes were formally abolished • Racial and ethnic tensions continued