H105 Rhode Island College The History of Latin America Essay A total of 5 question: Latin American History 4 essay questions and 1 short answer question s

H105 Rhode Island College The History of Latin America Essay A total of 5 question: Latin American History 4 essay questions and 1 short answer question short answer question requires a book H 105 Take Home Final Exam
(ESSAYS NEED TO BE AT LEAST THREE PARAGRAPHS IN LENGTH (EACH))
Part A: Essay Questions. Please answer two of the following in a cohesive essay (60 points):
1. What were the main factors that led to the independence of Haiti? What were the main internal factors
that contributed to Haitian independence? How did French government policies contribute to Haitian
independence? ? What did France do to reclaim its colony? What happened to the French efforts to
reconquer Haiti?
2. Who was Porfirio Díaz? How did he bring “Order” & “Progress” to Mexico? How did the Industrial
Revolution contribute to the success of Díaz’s economic model? Who benefitted from Díaz’s policies?
Whose interests were harmed by Díaz’s policies? What were the lifestyles of the elites in Porfirian
Mexico? What were the working and living conditions like for the poor of Porfirian Mexico?
3. How did coffee production strengthen African slavery in Brazil? Why couldn’t Emperor Pedro II abolish
slavery if he was opposed to slavery? Who was Joaquim Nabuco? What was his impact on Brazilian
history? What was the Free Womb Law of 1871? What was The Golden Law of 1888?
Part B: Essay Questions. Please answer one of the following in a cohesive essay (30 points):
1. Who was Jacobo Arbenz? What were his policies? How did Sam “The Banana Man” Zemurray
counter the policies of Jacobo Arbenz? What were his ties to officials in the Eisenhower
Administration? Who was Carlos Castillo Armas? How did the events of 1954 change the course of
Guatemala’s political, social , and economic development?
2. How did Rafael Trujillo come to power? How did he govern the Dominican Republic? What was the
nature of Trujillo’s “cult of personality”? How did Trujillo deal with Haitian immigrants? How did
he treat German-Jewish immigrants? Who was Johnny Abbés? What was his role in Trujillo’s
government? Why was Trujillo assassinated? Who was behind the assassination?
Part C: Book Study Questions Short Answer (10 points). Please answer one of the following:
1) What happened at the Discovery Day Dance between Trujillo and Minerva Mirabal? How did this event
affect the members of the Mirabal Family?
2) Why did the Mirabal sisters become active opponents of the Trujillo regime? How did the Cuban
Revolution influence the Mirabal sisters?
3) What happened on the 14th of June 1959? How did these effects influence the Mirabal Sisters? Why were
they called the “butterflies”? What happened to the Mirabal sisters?
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