14.2 "Latin Revolutions" Quizizz

What was the social status of the peninsulares in Latin America?

• They were the highest social class and dominated the government and the Church.

• They owned the haciendas, ranches, and mines.

• They were of Native American and European descent.

• They were people of African and European descent.

What inspired the creoles to consider independence?

• The construction of the Panama Canal.

• The Enlightenment and the French and American revolutions.

• The invention of the steam engine.

• The discovery of gold in Brazil.

Who led a slave rebellion in Hispaniola in 1791?

• José de San Martín

• Toussaint L’Ouverture

• Father Miguel Hidalgo

• Simón Bolívar

What was the outcome of the rebellion led by Toussaint L’Ouverture?

• The expansion of Napoleon's empire.

• The creation of a creole-led government.

• The abolition of slavery and control of the island.

• The establishment of a new Spanish viceroy.

Who joined forces with Simón Bolívar to help free more South American countries?

• Agustín de Iturbide

• Father José Morelos

• Dom Pedro

• José de San Martín

In what year did Brazil proclaim its independence?

• 1822

• 1824

• 1804

• 1810

Simón Bolívar, José de San Martin, and Toussaint l'Ouverture are best known as

• scientist who supported the heliocentric theory

• leaders of Latin American independence movements

• early Spanish explorers of the New World

• communist leaders of the 19th century

Simón Bolívar, José de San Martin, and Toussaint l'Ouverture are best known as

• scientist who supported the heliocentric theory

• leaders of Latin American independence movements

• early Spanish explorers of the New World

• communist leaders of the 19th century

In many newly independent 19th-century Latin American nations, power was often concentrated in the hands of the

• Maya and Aztec officials

• corporate executives

• wealthy landowners

• peasant farmers

The struggles for political independence in Latin America during the early 1800s were most directly influenced by the

• Berlin Conference

• doctrine of liberation theology

• American and French Revolutions

• writings of Count Camillo di Cavour