Exam 36: Reform and Revolution in Latin America, 1914-Present

Brazil returned to civilian, democratic government in 1960.

Which two Latin American nations played the most significant roles in World War II?

By 1944, the busiest air base in the world was on land leased to the United States by

Why was Brazil's rubber market devastated in the 1920s?

The focus of "Fifty Years of Progress in Five" was building

What was strengthened by the reforms undertaken by Getúlio Vargas in the 1930s?

Which of these motivated the United States to support military dictatorships in Latin America in the 1960s and 1970s?

Which country sent submarines to patrol the Caribbean, thus freeing American submarines to concentrate on the war against Japan?

In 1900, which country had an extensive network of railroads?

Which of these was assured by the structure of the Mexican Institutional Revolutionary Party (PR

Who was the influential Argentinean writer who was fired from his government job by Juan Perón?

The Reagan administration confronted a grassroots Communist movement in

UCR candidate Hipólito Yrigoyen was a reformist leader

Evita Perón died of uterine cancer because she would not speak of her symptoms to her doctor.

Who was the corrupt and unpopular Mexican president who ended the 80 year run of the PRI?

Who were the braceros, brought to the United States in World War II?

Discuss the "Dirty War" including its causes and results.

Who is widely labeled as Brazil's most astute political leader of the twentieth century?

The Tupamaros of Uruguay were an example of what feature that became part of Latin American life in the 1960s and 1970s?

Which Western nation supported Pinochet when all of the rest began to call for his overthrow?