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| 337306479 | Simon Bolivar | The most important military leader in the struggle for independence in South America. Born in Venezuela, he led military forces there, in Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador. | 0 | |
| 337306480 | Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla | Mexican priest who led the 1st stage of the Mexican independence war in 1810. He was captured and executed in 1811. | 1 | |
| 337306481 | Personalist Leaders | Political leaders who rely on charisma & their ability to mobilize & direct the masses of citizens outside the authority of constitutions & laws. | 2 | |
| 337306482 | Andrew Jackson | 1st U.S. president born in humble circumstances. He was popular among frontier residents, urban workers, & small farmers. He had a successful political career as a judge. general, congressman, senator, and president. After being denied the presidency in 1824 in a controversial election, he won in 1828 & reelected in 1832. | 3 | |
| 337306483 | Abolitionists | Men and women who agitated for a complete end to slavery. British abolitionists pressed for the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade in 1808 & slavery in 1834. In the U.S. the activities of abolitionists were one factor leading to the Civil War (1861-5) | 4 | |
| 337306484 | Acculturation | The adoption of the language, customs, values, & behaviors of host nations by immigrants. | 5 | |
| 337306485 | Women's Rights Convention | An 1848 gathering of women angered by their exclusion from an international antislavery meeting. They met in Seneca Falls, NY to discuss women's rights. | 6 | |
| 337306486 | Development | In the 19th and 20th century, the economic process that led to industrial urbanization, the rise of large & prosperous middle class, & heavy investment in education. | 7 | |
| 337306487 | Underdevelopment | The condition experienced by economies that depend on colonial forms of production such as the export of raw materials & plantation crops with low wages & low investment in education. | 8 |
