Question 1

The Estado Novo of 1937

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A)  closely resembled European fascist states in its structure and aims. 
B)  despite its repressive aspects, continued the effort to achieve economic independence. 
C)  sided with the Axis powers during World War II. 
D)  imposed sharp restrictions on the influx of foreign capital. 
A)  closely resembled European fascist states in its structure and aims. 
B)  despite its repressive aspects, continued the effort to achieve economic independence. 
C)  sided with the Axis powers during World War II. 
D)  imposed sharp restrictions on the influx of foreign capital.

Question 2

In the early twentieth century, expanding market forces

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A)  had very little significant effect on Brazilian social relations. 
B)  created new opportunities for peasants to own property and accumulate wealth. 
C)  produced a wave of unparalleled prosperity that reduced foreign dependence and stabilized Brazilian society. 
D)  dissolved traditional rural patron-client social relations and unleashed a subaltern culture of rural resistance. 
A)  had very little significant effect on Brazilian social relations. 
B)  created new opportunities for peasants to own property and accumulate wealth. 
C)  produced a wave of unparalleled prosperity that reduced foreign dependence and stabilized Brazilian society. 
D)  dissolved traditional rural patron-client social relations and unleashed a subaltern culture of rural resistance.

Question 3

During the 1920s, black Brazilians reacted to white supremacist policies by doing everything except

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A)  joining Marcus Garvey's black power movement. 
B)  practicing "candomble," a popular religion that evoked consciousness of the African past. 
C)  creating the Brazilian Black Front to demand black representation in the National Congress. 
D)  organizing massive protests against race discrimination. 
A)  joining Marcus Garvey's black power movement. 
B)  practicing "candomble," a popular religion that evoked consciousness of the African past. 
C)  creating the Brazilian Black Front to demand black representation in the National Congress. 
D)  organizing massive protests against race discrimination.

Question 4

Motta Diniz was a 19th century Brazilian woman who had declared that

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A)  "in all the world, barbarous or civilized, woman is a slave." 
B)  "working women have a right to participate in electoral struggles." 
C)  "women who work in factories... are competing with men..., becoming victims of capitalism." 
D)  "to truly liberate ourselves, we must organize a strike of the wombs." 
A)  "in all the world, barbarous or civilized, woman is a slave." 
B)  "working women have a right to participate in electoral struggles." 
C)  "women who work in factories... are competing with men..., becoming victims of capitalism." 
D)  "to truly liberate ourselves, we must organize a strike of the wombs."

Question 5

The collapse of Brazil's rubber cycle was due to

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A)  a blight on the rubber trees. 
B)  attacks on rubber collectors by hostile natives. 
C)  competition from more efficient plantations in the Far East. 
D)  the development of synthetic rubber. 
A)  a blight on the rubber trees. 
B)  attacks on rubber collectors by hostile natives. 
C)  competition from more efficient plantations in the Far East. 
D)  the development of synthetic rubber.

Question 6

The Estado Novo, Vargas's Depression-era dictatorship, sought to

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A)  encourage women to work outside the home. 
B)  expand the power and influence of trade unions. 
C)  eliminate special protections for working mothers and children. 
D)  return women to the private patriarchal province of home and family. 
A)  encourage women to work outside the home. 
B)  expand the power and influence of trade unions. 
C)  eliminate special protections for working mothers and children. 
D)  return women to the private patriarchal province of home and family.

Question 7

Radio broadcasts of samba music

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A)  popularized it and changed Brazil's national cultural identity. 
B)  expanded its appeal to Paris, from which Francophile Brazilian elites adopted it. 
C)  made it accessible to light-skinned, Eurocentric plantation elites. 
D)  helped local police officials to harass poor people. 
A)  popularized it and changed Brazil's national cultural identity. 
B)  expanded its appeal to Paris, from which Francophile Brazilian elites adopted it. 
C)  made it accessible to light-skinned, Eurocentric plantation elites. 
D)  helped local police officials to harass poor people.

Question 8

Kubitschek relied heavily upon foreign loans to fund a modernization program that included

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A)  creation of a state-owned oil company called Petrobras. 
B)  a shift from agricultural export production to industrial production for the local market. 
C)  expansion of nationalist regulations on foreign investment. 
D)  construction of a new capital, Brasilia, and "highways of national unity." 
A)  creation of a state-owned oil company called Petrobras. 
B)  a shift from agricultural export production to industrial production for the local market. 
C)  expansion of nationalist regulations on foreign investment. 
D)  construction of a new capital, Brasilia, and "highways of national unity."

Question 9

Goulart's reform program included

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A)  a tax reform designed to reduce the inequities of Brazil's income distribution. 
B)  expropriation of all estates over a certain size. 
C)  the formation of peasant unions and militias to weaken the power of the fazendeiros. 
D)  denial of the vote to the military. 
A)  a tax reform designed to reduce the inequities of Brazil's income distribution. 
B)  expropriation of all estates over a certain size. 
C)  the formation of peasant unions and militias to weaken the power of the fazendeiros. 
D)  denial of the vote to the military.

Question 10

Which of the following was not typical of samba lyrics?

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A)  They raised serious social and political issues. 
B)  They celebrated technological innovation and modernization. 
C)  They scorned the arrogant power of the upper classes. 
D)  They used clever word play and double entendre to criticize social injustice. 
A)  They raised serious social and political issues. 
B)  They celebrated technological innovation and modernization. 
C)  They scorned the arrogant power of the upper classes. 
D)  They used clever word play and double entendre to criticize social injustice.

Question 11

Vargas's program of social reform included

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A)  the creation of an elaborate social security system for the working class. 
B)  a land reform looking to the liquidation of the latifundio. 
C)  an electoral code granting the vote to illiterates. 
D)  nationalization of large foreign companies. 
A)  the creation of an elaborate social security system for the working class. 
B)  a land reform looking to the liquidation of the latifundio. 
C)  an electoral code granting the vote to illiterates. 
D)  nationalization of large foreign companies.

Question 12

After the abolition of slavery, Brazil's white supremacist policies stressed "whitening," a policy that did everything except

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A)  undermine recently emancipated blacks' ability to negotiate favorable wages and working conditions. 
B)  increase opportunities for immigrant women, especially from Italy, who dominated employment in textile industry. 
C)  encourage European immigration by offering free land to prospective immigrants. 
D)  promote interracial marriage as a means of diluting the influence of African culture on Brazil. 
A)  undermine recently emancipated blacks' ability to negotiate favorable wages and working conditions. 
B)  increase opportunities for immigrant women, especially from Italy, who dominated employment in textile industry. 
C)  encourage European immigration by offering free land to prospective immigrants. 
D)  promote interracial marriage as a means of diluting the influence of African culture on Brazil.

Question 13

What factors set the stage for the military coup of 1964? What was the role of the United States in the preparations for the coup?

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The military coup of 1964 in Brazil was

Question 14

The Vargas revolution of 1930 represented a victory for

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A)  urban groups favoring industrialization and modernization of Brazil's socioeconomic structures. 
B)  the cattle raisers of Rio Grande do Sul over the coffee interests of São Paulo and Minas Gerais. 
C)  small landowners over the fazendeiro class. 
D)  the Brazilian working class. 
A)  urban groups favoring industrialization and modernization of Brazil's socioeconomic structures. 
B)  the cattle raisers of Rio Grande do Sul over the coffee interests of São Paulo and Minas Gerais. 
C)  small landowners over the fazendeiro class. 
D)  the Brazilian working class.

Question 15

Valorization refers to a government policy of

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A)  maintaining coffee prices by assigning strict quotas to exporters. 
B)  expanding coffee exports by using barter in international trade. 
C)  maintaining coffee prices by requiring payment in U.S. dollars. 
D)  maintaining coffee prices by withholding stocks from the market. 
A)  maintaining coffee prices by assigning strict quotas to exporters. 
B)  expanding coffee exports by using barter in international trade. 
C)  maintaining coffee prices by requiring payment in U.S. dollars. 
D)  maintaining coffee prices by withholding stocks from the market.

The Estado Novo of 1937

In the early twentieth century, expanding market forces

During the 1920s, black Brazilians reacted to white supremacist policies by doing everything except

Motta Diniz was a 19^th century Brazilian woman who had declared that

The collapse of Brazil's rubber cycle was due to

The Estado Novo, Vargas's Depression-era dictatorship, sought to

Radio broadcasts of samba music

Kubitschek relied heavily upon foreign loans to fund a modernization program that included

Goulart's reform program included

Which of the following was not typical of samba lyrics?

Vargas's program of social reform included

After the abolition of slavery, Brazil's white supremacist policies stressed "whitening," a policy that did everything except

What factors set the stage for the military coup of 1964? What was the role of the United States in the preparations for the coup?

The Vargas revolution of 1930 represented a victory for

Valorization refers to a government policy of

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The Estado Novo of 1937

In the early twentieth century, expanding market forces

During the 1920s, black Brazilians reacted to white supremacist policies by doing everything except

Motta Diniz was a 19th century Brazilian woman who had declared that

The collapse of Brazil's rubber cycle was due to

The Estado Novo, Vargas's Depression-era dictatorship, sought to

Radio broadcasts of samba music

Kubitschek relied heavily upon foreign loans to fund a modernization program that included

Goulart's reform program included

Which of the following was not typical of samba lyrics?

Vargas's program of social reform included

After the abolition of slavery, Brazil's white supremacist policies stressed "whitening," a policy that did everything except

What factors set the stage for the military coup of 1964? What was the role of the United States in the preparations for the coup?

The Vargas revolution of 1930 represented a victory for

Valorization refers to a government policy of

Decolonization and the Search for National Identities, 1821-1870

Race, Nation, and the Meaning of Freedom, 1821-1888

The Triumph of Neocolonialism and the Liberal State, 1870-1900

Forging a New Nation: the Mexican Revolution and the Populist Challenge

Argentina: Populism, the Military, and the Struggle for Democracy

Cuba: The Revolutionary Socialist Alternative to Populism

Storm Over the Andes: Indigenous Rights and the Corporatist Military Alternative

Chile: The Democratic Socialist Alternative

Twilight of the Tyrants: Revolution and Prolonged Popular War in Central America

Lands of Bolívar: Military Crisis, State Repression, and Popular Democracy

Deconstructing the State: Dictatorship and Neoliberal Markets

Transcending Neoliberalism: Electoral Engaños and Popular Resistance to the Dictatorship of Markets

The Two Americas: United States-Latin American Relations

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Motta Diniz was a 19^th century Brazilian woman who had declared that