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| 126858516 | Toussaint L'Ouverture | leader of slave rebellion on the French sugar island of St. Domingue in 1791; led to creation of independent republic of Haiti in 1804 | 0 | |
| 126858517 | Ferdinand VII | deposed Spanish king in 1810 (deposed by Napoleon's brother); still had juntas set up in his name | 1 | |
| 126858518 | juntas | ruling committee in Spanish colonies | 2 | |
| 126858519 | Intendency System | Spain sent penninsulares to re-establish control in the colonies | 3 | |
| 126858520 | Father Miguel de Hidalgo | Mexican priest who established independence movement among American Indians and mestizos in 1810; despite early victories, was captured and executed | 4 | |
| 126858521 | Father Morelos | 1815; Mestizo independence leader of Mexico who wanted to abolish slavery and institue land reform; was captured and executed | 5 | |
| 126858522 | Augustin de Iturbide | Conservative Creole officer in Mexican army who signed agreement with insurgent forces of independence; combined forces entered Mexico City in 1821; later proclaimed emperor of Mexico until its collapse in 1824 | 6 | |
| 126858523 | Simon Bolivar | Creole military officer in northern South America; won series of victories in in Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador between 1817 and 1822; military success led to creation of independent state of Gran Colombia | 7 | |
| 126858524 | Jose de San Martin | Leader of independence movement in Rio de la Plata; led to independence of the United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata by 1816; later led independence movement in Chile and Peru as well | 8 | |
| 126858525 | Dom Pedro I | aided in the declaration of Brazilian independence from Portugal in 1822; became constitutional emperor of Brazil | 9 | |
| 126858526 | Gran Colombia | idea of a united South America; failed due to regional differences | 10 | |
| 126858527 | United Provinces of La Plata | the united state created by Jose de San Martin, depite the fact that the provinces were far from united | 11 | |
| 126858528 | Federalist | supported strong local governments | 12 | |
| 126858529 | Centralist | supported strong central governments | 13 | |
| 126858530 | Monroe Doctrine | American declaration stated in 1823; established that any attempt of a European country to colonize in the Americans would be considered a unfriendly act by the United States; supported by Great Britain as a means if opening Latin American trade | 14 | |
| 126858531 | Auguste Comte | French philosopher (19th century); founder of positivism, a philosophy that stressed observation and scientific approaches to the problems of society | 15 | |
| 126858532 | Santa Anna | seized power in Mexico after collapse of empire of Mexico in 1824; tried to tighten controls on Mexican territories; defeated by the United States in Mexican-American War in 1848; unseated by liberal rebellion in 1854 | 16 | |
| 126858533 | Treaty of Guadalupe- Hidalgo | 1854; treaty that ended the Mexican-American War; U.S. accquired half of Mexican territory | 17 | |
| 126858534 | La Reforma | 1854; liberal revolt led by Benito Juarez against Santa Anna in Mexico | 18 | |
| 126858535 | Benito Juarez | leader of of liberal rebellion against Santa Anna; liberal government defeated by French intervention under Napoleon and establishment of Mexican Empire under Maximillion; restored to power in 1867 until his death in 1872 | 19 | |
| 126858536 | Manuel de Rosas | leader who united the province of Argentina under federalism; favoured the ranchers; as economy increased, profits weren't shared with the rest of the province; overthrown in 1852 | 20 | |
| 126858537 | Alberdi | leader who formed a strong centralist state in Argentina; encouraged immigration | 21 | |
| 126858538 | Sarmiento | leader who brought many political and social reforms to Argentina | 22 | |
| 126858539 | Pedro II | 1840: Enlightened ruler in Brazil with middle calss values; economic growth | 23 | |
| 126858540 | Conselheiro | religious mystic who gained followers in the 1890s | 24 | |
| 126858541 | NeoClassicism | based on Greek and Roman styles; nationalism | 25 | |
| 126858542 | Romanticism | emontion and passion; Native Americans, slavery, etc. | 26 | |
| 126858543 | Realism | Presented things as they really existed | 27 | |
| 126858544 | Panama Canal | an aspect of American intervention in Latin America; resulted from United States support for a Panamanian independence movement in return for a grant to exclusive rights to a canal across the Panama isthmus; provided short route between Atlantic and Pacific oceans; completed in 1914 | 28 | |
| 126858545 | Spanish American War | War fought between Spain and the United States beginning in 1898; centered on Cuba and Puerto Rico; permitted American intervention in Caribbean, annextion of Puerto Rico and the Philippines | 29 | |
| 126858546 | Caudillos | military leaders who dominated local areas with small armies | 30 |
