May 17, 2004               

 

                             Post-World War II – Latin American and North American History Review

1. How did America and Latin American nations try to cooperate with each other to avoid conflict between
   nations in the Western Hemisphere?

2. How did the U.S. interfere in the internal affairs of Guatemala in the 1950’s?

3. How did Gen. Juan Peron come to power in Argentina?

4. How did Peron lose his influence in Argentina?

5. Why did 20,000 Argentineans “disappear” in the 1970’s?

6. Why was Latin America ripe for revolution in the 1960’s?

7. Why did Americans at first support Castro’s revolution in Cuba?

8. Why did relations between the United States and Cuba
become strained after Castro took power?

9. Why did the “Bay of Pigs”

10. Who were the Sandinistas?  The contras?  Which group did the United States government support in Nicaragua's civil war?

11. What problems have slowed international efforts to halt the drug trade?

12. Critical thinking: Name some Latin American nations that have recently moved toward democracy.  What forces threaten democracy throughout the region?

 13. How did Diaz's policies both help and harm Mexico?  What problems did Mexico's oil boom cause?

14. Why was Chilean President Salvador Allende assassinated and his government overthrown in 1973?

15. How did American ways of living change after World War II?

16. How did postwar Democrats seek to expand the role of the federal government?  How and why did President Reagan attempt to reverse this trend?

17. In what ways did the Vietnam War dominate  U.S. concerns from the late 1960'a to 1973?

18. How did the focus of foreign policy change under the presidents from Nixon to Clinton?

19. Critical Thinking: Why did the end of the cold war bring about a re- examination of U.S. foreign policy? What natural resources spurred Canada's economic growth?

20. Why did many Canadians express concern over United States involvement in the Canadian economy?

21. What problems of Quebec's French-speaking people came to national attention in the 1960's? What changes did the government make?  Why is there still a strong “separatist” element in Quebec?

22. Why did geography force Canada to end isolationism after World War II?