History 251
Latin American History II
Final Examination Study Guide
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The final examination will begin promptly at 8:00am on Thursday, May 17, 2001 in SYM 0200 (our normal lecture room). The exam will last two hours.

You will be allowed to bring ONE 5" x 8" note card, filled with whatever information you would like, to the exam. 5x8 note cards will be the SOLE authorized exam aid. The use of note cards larger or smaller than 5x8, paper of any kind, or any other aid will result in an automatic failure on the examination. You will be required to turn in your card with the examination.

A review session has been scheduled for Friday, May 11, from 3:30-5:30pm in F. S. Key 1117. Bring your questions, comments, and trial answers.

The exam will consist of three sections.

I. Identifications (20% of exam grade)

You will be given SIX terms drawn from major figures, events, trends, places, and/or concepts that we have covered since Spring Break. You will be asked to define FOUR terms, placing each chosen term in its proper historical context.

II. Primary Source Analysis (30% of exam grade)

You will be given a brief quote from a prominent Latin American populist. Your essay should analyze the quote, placing it within the broader historical context of populism.

III. Essay (50% of exam grade)

Three of the following seven questions will appear verbatim on the final. You will be asked to answer ONE of the three choices.

1) Analyze the origins and impact of the Doctrine of National Security and Development in post-1945 Latin America.

2) What is the relationship between democracy and development in modern Latin America? Your answer should correlate the history of democratic institutions and practices with the history of economic development in Latin America since the 1880s.

3)  Compare and contrast the nineteenth-century caudillo with the twentieth-century populist. Demonstrate how these two leadership styles are products of their era.

4)  Drawing upon the Vaughan and Weschler readings, compare and contrast the negotiation of political citizenship in Mexico in the postrevolutionary period and in Uruguay during the transition from an authoritarian to democratic political order in the 1980s and 1990s.

5) The Left in Latin America has many faces. Compare and contrast leftist projects pursued by populists (e.g. Peronist Justicalismo, Vargas' trabalhismo), rural-based insurrectionary movements (e.g. July 26 Movement; the FSLN, the FMLN), and urban guerillas movements (e.g. Tupamaros, Montoneros).

6) Characterize the impact of the international crisis of 1929 on Latin American society. Discuss the political, economic, and social changes that shaped Latin America during the Great Depression and the Second World War.

7) Trace the content and the contradictions in racial ideology in Latin America in the period 1870 to 1940. Make specific reference to role of theories and practices of eugenics.

NOTES

The final exam represents 20% of your final grade.

Final course grades will be available through MARS. You may obtain a copy of your graded final after Monday, June 4, 2001.

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