Do not copy/paste your answers! Webquest Nombre: Clase: Part A: Augusto Pinochet Resources

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  Read Pinochet's letter to Chile to understand his point of view.
  
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  Read about Salvador Allende, the president that was in power before Pinochet.
  
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  Read the charges against Pinochet.
  
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  Read about the official medical report concerning his health.
  
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  Read about the position of the people who support Pinochet.
  
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  Read this article about the legacy of Pinochet.
  
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  Read “Declassified Documents Relating to the Military Coup” and about CIA Activities in Chile.
  

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   Pinochet should not be prosecuted. There are many different reasons why (as a group you will choose one): he is in poor health, he did not do anything wrong, the problems are Chile's problems and should be dealt with only by Chile, etc.
   
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   Pinochet should be prosecuted because he did commit crimes.
   

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  General Info on Latin American: http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=aa87
  
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  Simon Bolivar: http://www.bolivarmo.com/history.htm
  
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  Jose San Martin: http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/argentina/SanMartin.htm
  
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  Economic Activity: http://www.phsworldhistory.com/unitiiatlanticrevolutio.htm
  

2. What was the division of social classes in Latin America?

3. Describe Simon Bolivar’s revolutionary movements in at least two different regions within Latin America.

4. Describe Jose Francisco de San Martin’s revolutionary movements in at least two different regions within Latin America.

5. What happened at the Guayaquil Conference?

6. Describe the separate parts of Mexico’s movement towards independence from Spain between 1810-1824.

7. What are some new Republics out of the Latin American Revolutions of the early 19th century?

8. Who financed the fight against the revolutions in the Americas?

9. What were the feelings of the merchants in Iberia at the time in 1820?

1) Explain the social hierarchy in Latin America before the revolution. Include and describe each of the groups and their respective powers or roles. How could this system alone lead to revolution? What actions taken by Napoleon inflamed this situation and why?

a) Which two groups made up the vast portion of the population in Colonial America.

b) Of the Europeans, which group—peninsulares or creoles—probably made up a larger percentage?

http://mister-moore.com/Media%20/textbooks/Chapter%2024.pdf

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Still, a spark was needed to ignite this tinderbox of revolt. Using the following link, identify an additional four major causes of revolutions in Latin America.

2) Identify 4 additional causes of the Latin American Revolutions.

(http://www.eastchester.k12.ny.us/schools/hs/teachers/reagan/LatinAmericanIndependenceMovements.htm)

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Revolution Begins!: The vast differences between social classes, the introduction of enlightenment ideas, and the inspiration of the French Revolution set the stage for revolution in Latin America, but the forces in motion needed one more event to trigger their move for Independence.

1) Describe how Napoleon's invasion and conquest of Spain in the Peninsular War of 1808 triggered the Revolutions in Latin America. (3rd Paragraph)

1) Pick 2 characteristics or experiences of Simon Bolivar that made him a good leader and list them.

2) Why is Simon Bolivar called the George Washington of South America?

3) How did Simon Bolivar and Jose San Martin Work together to achieve Independence in South America?

Mexican war of Independence 1810 - List and briefly describe the major causes, figures, events, and results.

Five Consequences of Independence:

1) Who were the caudillos and what type of government did the set up for the new countries of Latin America?

http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?groupid=856&HistoryID=aa87>rack=pthc

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2) What was the Monroe Doctrine and how it shows the U.S. "controlling" Latin America? (First Paragraph)

3) What happened to the dream of Political unity? (New Nations Confront Old and New Problems - Political Fragmentation) Political Disunity

4) Land sales - After independence was achieved governments sold off land to raise money. The only people able to buy the land were the creoles or the upper classes that now existed because most of the peninsulares were gone. This meant that most of the land was once again owned by a small, elite section of the population.