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Pass| Spanish History, Latin American Independence,
Hispanic Literature, Geography, Art, Music, Culture &
Civilization | California Subject E
Benito Juarez - Answers -Liberal president after 1857 constitution bloody war debacle; reduced
powers of Catholic church
General Porfirio Diaz - Answers -Mexican dictator/president for 34 years, which led to the
Mexican Revolution came after Benito Juarez.
Mexico made tangible economic advances under him
Pinche Pancho Vila - Answers -President of Mexico 1915, assassinated in 1923
Álvaro Obregón - Answers -Became president of Mexico in 1920 through 1924, assassinated in
1928
Sergeant Fulgencio Batista - Answers -President of Cuba before Castro revolution. Pro-American
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,Fidel Castro - Answers -"President" of Cuba from 1976 to 2008
Anastasio Aquino - Answers -Led indigenous revolt against criollos and mestizos in 1832 in El
Salvador, led to El Salvador becoming independent from the United Central American Provines
Archbishop Oscar Romero (El Salvador) - Answers -Murdered in 1980, had implored U.S. to
cease aid to El Salvador's armed forces, spoke against poverty, social injustices, and
assassinations; declared saint in 2018; murder led to new constituent assembly
Amazonian Border Dispute - Answers -1941, Ecuador versus Peru, resulted in Peru annexing
200k kilometers of Ecuador's territory
Salvador Allende - Answers -President of Chile murdered or died by suicide after his government
overthrown by military led by General Augusto Pinochet Ugarte in 1973
General Juan Manuel de Rosas - Answers -Dictator of Argentina in 1835
General Juan Peron - Answers -Dictator of Argentina after he won 1946 election until 1955,
returned from exile in 1973, elected president for some reason and died a year later
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, Revolucion Libertadora - Answers -Ousted Juan Peron in 1955 and placed a temporary
government under General Eduardo Lonardi
Maria Isabel Peron - Answers -As vice president of Argentina, she assumed power after her
husband, former dictator of Argentina, died, deposed by a military junta in 1976
Proceso de Reorganizacion Nacional - Answers -Deposed Maria Isabel Peron in 1976 from her
position as Argentinian president, led by Jorge Rafael Videla
Raul Alfonsin - Answers -Elected president of Argentina in 1983
Mexico Geography - Answers -Mexico industrial power in telecommunication, natural gas,
petroleum, electric, seaports, railroad; agriculture: corn, beans, cotton, potatoes; major
producer of silver;
Ciudad de Mexico Tenochititlan capital for Aztecs til 1521;
Guatemala Geography - Answers -Hot tropical climate; agriculture: coffee, bananas, sugar,
north: lowlands; south: coastal; rest of country is mountainous;
Mayan language in rural areas;
Ciudad de Guatemala is capital
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