ch.30 Ap world history

involuntarily come to the U.S. unlike immigrants none in GB, FR, Ger

migrate to the U.S. and Canada

-continued instability -racism (the darker you are, worse off you are) -whites/creoles have power

little experience with self-government

-dominated politics (conservative) -peasant majority is without power (disenfranchised) -do not support European liberal ideas of working class suffrage

because they do not want to share power

military strongmen, takeover power, exploit people

brutal dictator with absolute power claimed/maintained power in anyway possible "macheovete of the pampas" created order through violence

started out as a monarchy under Spain and Portugal then went to a republic and then to caudillo rule(1821-1911)

led a liberal movement and reform 1850s universal male suffrage, limited power of priests and military suspended loan payments to foreign powers

because they support the creole elite

because he opposed landowning elites

comes from indigenous descent

in 1860 Napoleon the third is in power of France (wants to conquer all of Europe) 1862 France, Britain and Spain travel to Mexico to defeat Mexico

Mexico is resistant and the U.S. intercedes to help Mexico

because the americans have experience and money

-causes low wages for the latin american working class because the creoles are paid and gain profit and do not support the government (corruption/racism) -causes dependent economy from U.S. -profit only goes to mexican elites

because of colonial legacy and stratified society

encouraged foreign investors (U.S. in mexico) does not share profit made (corrupt)

no diversification 3 main cash crops

coffee, tobacco, sugar

if they rely on one cash crop then the economy fails and suffers

create popular uprisings in countryside (2 million dead) but the Mexican government regains control when U.S. support creoles because they gain profit

organized by ethnicity and color very stratified and racist machismo

traveled to Canada and U.S. to build railroads traveled to latin america for guano mining

collect bird poop for fertilizer Chinese and Japanese immigrant work

leader of western métis and indigenous people (french and indigenous ancestry)

go to U.S. and Argentina

cowboys egalitarian society (equality) mestizos and mixed race

culture of male strength (patriarchal society)

change occurs a lot