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Final Latin American Review

This is for the IB HL syllabus 2014 it has a lot of information about the course and it is applicable to 2015 exams In the words of W.E.B. Du Bois ‘The slave went free; stood for a brief moment in the sun; then moved back again toward slavery.’ While Lincoln was still president the Emancipation Proclamation was declared in 1863. It should be stressed; however, that the proclamation did not declare that all slaves were to be freed: those in the border-states which were part of the Union were to remain slaves. The 1865 Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution abolished slavery. In 1865 The Freedmen’s Bureau

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Final Latin American Review

This is for the IB HL syllabus 2014 it has a lot of information about the course and it is applicable to 2015 exams In the words of W.E.B. Du Bois ‘The slave went free; stood for a brief moment in the sun; then moved back again toward slavery.’ While Lincoln was still president the Emancipation Proclamation was declared in 1863. It should be stressed; however, that the proclamation did not declare that all slaves were to be freed: those in the border-states which were part of the Union were to remain slaves. The 1865 Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution abolished slavery. In 1865 The Freedmen’s Bureau

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LATAM Independence Movements Review

Unit description and Objectives


This unit will prepare students to address essays related to Paper 3, Topic 1, Independence Movements in the Americas.
Specific themes to be addressed include:
(1) Political, economic, social, intellectual and religious causes; the role of foreign intervention; conflicts and issues leading to
war
Political and intellectual contributions of leaders to the process of independence: (specifically in LATAM): Bolivar, San
Martn, OHiggins, LOuverture and Dessalines
Independence movements in Latin America: characteristics of the independence processes; reasons for the similarities
and/or differences in two countries in the region; military campaigns and their impact on the outcome (suitable examples
could be Chacabuco, Maip, Ayacucho, Boyac and Carabobo). CASE STUDIES will include
Gran Colombia, Argentina, Mexico, Haiti
United States position towards Latin American independence; events and reasons for the emergence of the Monroe
Doctrine
Impact of independence on the economies and societies of the Americas: economic and
social issues; new perspectives on economic development; impact on different social
groups: Native Americans, African Americans, Creoles

STUDENT ACTIVITIES
** Research for these questions, unless otherwise specified, can utilize a combination of text and web-based materials. Wholesale cutting and pasting of web materials is NOT acceptable. Write in your own style and using a format that makes these notes
usable to you.
1) INDIVIDUAL Download a timeline using the "Colonial LATAM Chronology" web link. Look for the material on the 1800s.
This will be useful reference material.
2) INDIVIDUAL Research the background to any ONE of these LATAM leaders, and create a detailed chart identifying the
following traits:
Leaders: Simon Bolivar, Jose de San Martin, Bernardo OHiggins, George Washington,
Thomas Jefferson

Birthplace
Lifespan
Social class and family background
Educational and career background prior to independence involvement
Philosophical influences
Career during independence era
Concise description of the kind of government they preferred
Career in the post-independence period
Brief evaluation of their impact (politically, culturally)

Today, they are often referred to as the liberator/father of what country/countries?


3) INDIVIDUAL: read the Bushnell article (see Web-based materials links at the end of this section) and discuss the authors
conclusions about Bolivars attitude about the US, democracy, and US-LATAM relationships. Why is Bolivar such a powerful
figure today? How is he used by modern LATAM leaders, including Hugo Chavez?
4) INDIVIDUAL What advantages and disadvantages did the revolutionaries (patriots) have in the Independence
Wars? What advantages and disadvantages existed for the Spanish Royalists and Peninsulares?
See text, but another good source is
Mabry, Donald. (2001) Military Aspects of Latin American Independence.
http://historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=309
WEB-BASED MATERIALS
Websites
* Bushnell, David. Simon Bolivar and the United States: A Study in Ambivalence. Air University Review, 1986.
http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/aureview/1986/jul-aug/bushnell.html
* Centellas, Miguel. "The Bolivarian Republic." Biblioteca Virtual de Simon Bolivar. 1995.
http://www.simon-bolivar.org/Principal/bolivar/the_boliv_rep.html
"Colonial Latin America Chronology." --> Look at 1700 onward
http://faculty.smu.edu/bakewell/BAKEWELL/chronology.html
[see also http://www.teacheroz.com/Meso_Latin.htm, which has great links]
* Fitzgerald, Gerald. "The Political Thought of Bolivar." The Hague. Biblioteca Virtual de

Simon Bolivar. 1971.

http://www.desimonbolivar.org/fitzgerald.html
* "A Letter by Simn Bolvar (1815)." Translated by Lewis Bertrand in Selected Writings of
Bolivar, (New York: The Colonial Press Inc.,1951) Known as the JAMAICA LETTER.
faculty.smu.edu/bakewell/BAKEWELL/texts/jamaica-letter.html

* "Simon Bolivar's Ups and Downs, 1812-1830."


(online at my website)
** Chapters 1-5 in Born in Blood and Fire of your textbook (general background)
You need to reread all the material covered in this section over spring break. Refresh your memory on History of the Americas. Be
sure to read the websites I have listed above. Mrs. Stone and I will be reviewing with you when you get back from Spring Break.

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