Chapter 26 Notes
Professor Bumsted
World History
18 September 2013
Chapter 26 Questions
1. In an age of imperialism, Latin American states remained independent. How was this possible? Was it more illusion than reality?
Latin America’s independence is as real as reality to me. After Latin America wanted independence, their states suffered a decline in their economy. The Independence had a bad impact on the silver mining production in Bolivia, Mexico and Peru. Other parts of Latin
America suffered as well, in Ecuador and Mexico their manufacturing had declined drastically, and in Venezuela their plantation agriculture had declined as well. The Ranching in Uruguay and
Argentina also felt the economic decline. As all of these businesses were failing, investors from other countries lost interest and went back to their own countries or others to invest.
Also the Latin States had introduced a large role in developing a sense of national identity which I think has a lot to do with their well kept independence. Nearly each country was divided by their own region, language, ethical and racial diversity. This made the development of a steady, stable political system possible as each region became its own.
Because of this already established national identity, and lack of interest in declining economy, I believe other countries didn’t want to waste their time and money to take on
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seemingly worthless countries. This thus left the Latin American states independent during the age of Imperialism.
2. Assess the full-blown individualism that characterized American domestic and foreign policies after 1865. Were domestic corruption and foreign aggressiveness symbolic of the
“New America?”
Domestic corruption and foreign aggressiveness were indeed symbolic of the “New
America.” I believe this caused for the American people to loose sight of ethical practices like making African Americans second class citizens. Leading up to this is many internal incidents by
World History
18 September 2013
Chapter 26 Questions
1. In an age of imperialism, Latin American states remained independent. How was this possible? Was it more illusion than reality?
Latin America’s independence is as real as reality to me. After Latin America wanted independence, their states suffered a decline in their economy. The Independence had a bad impact on the silver mining production in Bolivia, Mexico and Peru. Other parts of Latin
America suffered as well, in Ecuador and Mexico their manufacturing had declined drastically, and in Venezuela their plantation agriculture had declined as well. The Ranching in Uruguay and
Argentina also felt the economic decline. As all of these businesses were failing, investors from other countries lost interest and went back to their own countries or others to invest.
Also the Latin States had introduced a large role in developing a sense of national identity which I think has a lot to do with their well kept independence. Nearly each country was divided by their own region, language, ethical and racial diversity. This made the development of a steady, stable political system possible as each region became its own.
Because of this already established national identity, and lack of interest in declining economy, I believe other countries didn’t want to waste their time and money to take on
Pawlak 2
seemingly worthless countries. This thus left the Latin American states independent during the age of Imperialism.
2. Assess the full-blown individualism that characterized American domestic and foreign policies after 1865. Were domestic corruption and foreign aggressiveness symbolic of the
“New America?”
Domestic corruption and foreign aggressiveness were indeed symbolic of the “New
America.” I believe this caused for the American people to loose sight of ethical practices like making African Americans second class citizens. Leading up to this is many internal incidents by