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- 1. Multiple Choice
In order to gain greater economic independence, many Latin American countries instituted:
Full command economies.
Export Rationing.
Provincial Stimulus.
Import Substitution Industrialization (ISI).
- 2. Multiple Choice
Like Brazil during the Great Depression, many Latin American countries turn to political systems best described as:
representative democracy
plutocracy
quasi-fascism
theocracy
- 3. Multiple Choice
The oil industry in many Latin American countries will be:
nationalized and state-controlled
contracted on the international market
discarded in lieu of emerging renewables
heavily subsidized to keep profitable for producers
- 4. Multiple Choice
In the early 1900s, Brazil produced 80% of the world's market of what product?
rubber
coffee
textiles
bananas
- 5. Multiple Choice
Brazilian president from 1930-1940, 51-54.
Washington Luis
Julio Prestas
Lázaro Cárdenas
Getúlio Vargas
- 6. Multiple Choice
The nickname, "O Pai dos Pobres", stems from Vargas' policies towards:
The elites
The workers
The nobility
The intelligencia
- 7. Multiple Choice
How did Vargas come to power?
A legitimate electoral victory in March 1930.
Via the official presidential succession order.
A coup was carried out in October 1930.
The high court of Brazil appointed him in a controversial 5-4 decision.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Vargas's Liberal Alliance won support of Brazil's growing urban middle class and a group of _______________ (career military officers).
1st Estados
intelligencia
tenentes
Valors
- 9. Multiple Choice
What concept is expressed in this quote: "perfect our manufacturers to the point where it will become unpatriotic to feed or clothe ourselves with imported goods."
Nationalism
Globalism
Facism
Individualism
- 10. Multiple Choice
Fascist-style programs would serve two important aims in Brazil, stimulating industrial growth and:
Strenthening the principle of Popular Soverignty.
Increasing international trading partners, especially the United States.
Decrease the power of the elites in the wealthy provinces.
suppressing the communist influence in the country.
- 11. Multiple Choice
Vargas' Five Year Plan included all of the following except:
expand the heavy industries
expand the railroad system
nationalize the steel and petrolium industries
deregulate the coffee industry
- 12. Multiple Choice
The New Constitution of 1934 included all of the following except:
an independent Supreme Court
workers rights and protections including the national minimum wage
freedoms of speech, religion, movement and assembly alongside the basic rights of life, freedom and property
provisions to limit the power of the Presidency
- 13. Multiple Choice
Vargas's Estado Novo could be best described as:
Democracy in its most pure form
a repressive state with a secret police and concentration camps.
a deregulated playground for foreign capitalists
a Marxist fever dream.
commodity fetishism
- 14. Multiple Choice
Following the '34 Constititon, The National Liberation Alliance (NLA)... (Check all the apply)
Opposed what they saw as the fascist, repressive policies of the Vargas regime
Took its orders from Moscow via the Comintern
Attempted an armed insurrection against the government in November of 1935
Would eventually be banned
- 15. Multiple Choice
The Integralist Party (the right)... (Check all that apply)
Wanted Vargas to create a facist state, the likes of Italy and Germany.
attacked the presidential palace in an attempted coup
Had their “Green Shirts”
Would eventually be banned by Vargas
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