Latin America: Revolution and Reaction in the 20th Century Summary. Latin American nations in the 20h century shared problems with Third World
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Revolution
Reaction
the
20th
Century
Summary.
Latin
American
nations
20h
century
shared
with
relating
matters
relations
powerful
Culture
Politics
Postrevolutionary
Mexico.
Nationalism
and
culture
stimulated
many
reforms.
Education
stressed
Mexico
heritage
capitalism.
Artists
Rivera
José
past
offered
program
future.
Mural
romanticism
Indian
Popular
culture
celebrated
Mexicans
the
changes,
especially
clergy.
backed
conservative
peasant
during
1920s.
States,
with
War
reacted
revolution.
Arguments
Change
Political
Actors.
World
affected
Latin
America
because
interruption
European
its
local
industries
formed
replacements
for
unavailable
European
European
demand.
After
slowed,
causing
increasing
political
growth,
swelled
immigration,
concentration
increased
social
problems.
the
Middle
political
America
altered
labor
middle
class
grew.
landholding
the
political
system
interests
against
labor
demands.
During
1920s
the
alliance
Ideology
Reform.
1930s
failure
liberalism
solving
Populist
Politics:
Case
Peru.
Peru,
with
predominantly
Indian
typified
ferment.
depended
agricultural
products;
foreign
capital
controlled
transportation
industry.
government
while
peasants
landless.
Ongoing
criticism
system
formation
American
Popular
Revolutionary
Alliance
(APRA)
Victor
Raul
1924.
party
inspiration
Mexican
revolution,
socialism,
nationalism,
Mussolini
fascism.
spread
throughout
America,
had
greatest
Peru
1930s.
military
sectors
power
until
won
1985.
APRA
represented
groups
that
mass
among
urban
rural
populations
under
direction
leaders
who
military
elite
politicians.
Once
challenge
existing
structure
Great
Crash
American
Responses.
Depression
emphasized
weaknesses
Latin
dependent
political
Foreign
investment
ceased
purchase
export
The
liberal
regimes
lacked
solutions
for
unemployment
economic
dislocation.
Within
years
military
Experiments
ideology
appealing
conservatives
military,
placed
state
and
tried
avoid
class
conflict.
fascism
also
popular.
Latin
were
part
trend
moderated
unbridled
capitalism
attain
social
reform.
Promises
Reform.
reforming
regimes
successful
was
Mexico
Cárdinas
administration.
Large
land
reform
created
communal
farms
with
credit
system
Foreign
companies
nationalized
rural
education
expanded.
Cuba
typical.
revolution
1933
aimed
social
reform
domination.
Moderates
won
and
reforms
resulted.
Vargas
contested
1929
emergence
Getúlio
Vargas
Vargas
reforms
crisis
caused
coffee
launched
centralized
political
program,
prevented
fascists,
military
constitution
1937
that
authoritarian
regime
based
ideas
Italy.
Vargas
joined
during
World
Argentina:
Populism,
Perón,
the
Military.
military
coalition
nationalists,
fascists,
socialists
ended
the
class
Radical
Party
1929.
coup
failed
the
succeeding
conservative
governments,
despite
industrial
growth,
labor
became
stronger.
1943
military,
nationalists
modernize
control.
Juan
Perón
emerged
leader,
gaining
demands.
His
Evita
Ȭ
became
among
classes.
created
coalition
embracing
industrialists,
military,
depending
his
charisma
repression
maintain
rule.
Foreign
owned
industries
nationalized.
regime
the
1950s
Argentina
growing
economic
His
coalition
fell
apart
military
from
1955.
country
his
shadow
next
years
military
governments
attempted
solve
political
problems.
Labor
groups
Perón.
was
elected
president
1973,
death
1974
Radical
Options
1950s.
were
responses
problems
Latin
American
disagreement
remained
improve
conditions.
continued
conservative
sacrificed
social
justice
Rica
reform,
reform
governments
triumphed
open
Others
socialism
guide
cold
war
struggles.
Some
radical
and
revolutionary
solutions
attempted.
1952
peasants,
urban
groups
nationalization
and
redistribution.
Fears
far
left
army
back
1964
subsequent
governments
stressed
order
reform.
Guatemala:
and
Intervention.
first
radical
was
tried
Guatemala,
predominantly
nation
suffering
illiteracy,
conditions,
mortality
rates.
depended
coffee
and
bananas.
1944
coalition
Juan
Arevalo
president.
Under
constitution
began
land
reform
and
and
peasant
life.
Arevalo
reforms
conflict
foreign
especially
United
Company.
1951
radical
Jacobo
Arbenz
was
elected
His
reformist
programs,
especially
expropriation
land,
War
American
government
impose
and
diplomatic
restrictions
Guatemala.
1954
assisted
military
reform
ceased.
violence
and
political
instability
followed.
Cuban
Revolution:
Socialism
the
Caribbean.
population
descended
Spaniards
Africans;.
nation
relatively
large
class
and
Search
for
and
the
Military
Option.
Economic
and
social
structures
remained
unchanged
despite
various
reform
approaches,
into
1980s.
Mexico
party
system
maintained
conditions
changed
during
1980s.
Ȭ
Venezuela,
Chile
followed
Christian
Democratic
approaches.
The
divided
politically,
although
many
became
activists
social
justice.
Liberation
Theology
Catholic
improve
life
Barracks:
Soldiers
Take
Power.
Cuban
Revolution
individuals
fearing
within
communist
military
became
professionalized,
soldiers
adopted
creed
that
made
representatives
nation.
During
1960s
directly
1964
the
Brazilian
military
government
sweeping
Soldiers
over
Argentina
1966
and
1973
military
Chile
overthrew
socialist
Similar
coups
Uruguay
1968.
soldiers
imposed
bureaucratic
authoritarian
regimes
that
stability
submerging
selfish
interests.
military
controlled
Thousands
were
Argentina.
Economic
fell
heaviest
workers
since
any
economic
development
Basic
structural
regimes
nationalistic,
other
policies
varied.
leaders
had
real
program,
including
land
redistribution.
Uruguay
militantly
anticommunist.
Argentina
fought
unsuccessful
Britain
Falkland
that
regime
loss
authority.
New
Democratic
Trend.
mid
1980s
some
military
governments
were
inflation
social
instability,
compensatory
programs
had
political
international
drug
trade
created
that
threatened
corrupted
national
governments.
Still,
1990s,
appeared
that
established.
United
States
Latin
America:
Presence.
emerged
predominant
World
after
World
War
American
investors
European
rivals.
involvement
Rico;
other
lands
Americans
frequently
intervened
Ȭ
times
1933
protect
political,
strategic,
ideological
interventions
usually
followed
conservative,
dictatorial
corrupt,
governments
friendly
actions
growing
nationalist
anti
American
reaction.
changed
1933
President
Franklin
introduced
Neighbor
Policy;
direct
interventions
After
World
war
thinking
strategies,
including
participation
regional
democratic,
anticommunist
administrations.
Direct
indirect
interventions
against
governments
considered
unfriendly.
The
that
development
would
eliminate
radical
political
led
programs
such
1961
Alliance
for
Progress.
The
approach
limited
During
1970s
1980s
United
States
willing
deal
military
dictatorships.
Under
Jimmy
Carter
was
influence
governments
civil
liberties
agreement
control
Panama
Canal
Panama.
became
more
interventionist
conservative
presidents
Ronald
Reagan
Bush.
Depth:
Human
Rights
the
20th
Century.
killings
committed
repressive
American
attention
concept
human
rights:
universal
rights
justified
above
laws.
concept
natural
perhaps
back
ancient
Greece,
appeared
during
19th
century.
abolish
was
part
20th
century
concept
attached
Nations
1948
Universal
Declaration
Human
Rights
guaranteeing
basic
liberties.
Under
20%
U.N.
members
have
consistently
upholding
declaration.
supervising
U.N.
lacks
enforcement
Differences
cultural
political
Change
Women
role
changed
first
gained
the
1929,
but
some
regimes
grant
until
the
1950s.
Reformers
times
feared
that
because
ties
church,
would
conservative
political
force.
focused
home
family.
feminist
secure
political
rights,
but
gaining
right
mean
ending
prejudice
against
participation
women
political
life.
faced
similar
the
labor
controlled
Movement
People.
Declining
mortality
and
high
fertility
brought
great
population
America.
1980s
internal
migration
and
Cultural
Despair
Hope.
Most
Latin
Americans
Roman
Catholics
Hispanic
traditions
family,
gender
relations,
social
interaction
continue.
Popular
culture,
drawing
upon
African
traditions,
great
vitality.
American
such
tango,
samba,
and
salsa,
international
audience.
Poets
drawing
internal
economic,
also
world
appeal.
general
failure
gain
justice
region
caused
many
such
Jorge
Luis
abandon
traditional
forms.
Conclusion:
Toward
Future.
search
economic
political
stability,
Deeply
international
conditions,
and
political
hindered
blocked
revolutionary
change.
occurred
Mexico
and
and
influenced
others.
Different
nations
Ȭ
Bolivia,
Nicaragua,
Peru
Ȭ
attempted
efforts
New
ideas,
such
Liberation
Theology,
appeared.
Latin
America
remains
advanced
developing
TERMS
World:
among
capitalist
industrial
nations
industrialized
Francisco
Madero:
Mexican
reformer;
challenged
Porfiío
Díaz
1910
and
initiated
revolution
after
losing
fraudulent
elections;
assassinated
1913.
Pancho
Villa:
Mexican
revolutionary
leader
northern
Mexico
after
1910.
Emiliano
Zapata:
Mexican
commander
guerrilla
Morelos;
demanded
sweeping
land
reform.
Victoriano
Huerta:
gained
Mexico
after
Madero
1913;
power
1914.
Alvaro
Obregón:
became
leader
Mexican
government
1915;
elected
president
1920.
Mexican
Constitution
1917:
land
educational
reform,
limited
foreign
guaranteed
rights
workers,
restricted
clerical
education
and
property
Cárdenas:
Mexican
(1934
1940);
responsible
large
land
redistribution
communal
farms;
also
began
program
primary
education.
José
Clemente
Orozco:
Mexican
artists
after
Mexican
Revolution;
famous
wall
buildings
that
mixed
images
past
Christian
corridos:
popular
ballads
written
Mexican
Revolution.
Cristeros:
conservative
peasant
Mexico
during
1920s;
reaction
against
secularism.
Party
Institutionalized
Revolution
(PRI):
inclusive
Mexican
political
party
developing
from
1920s;
ruled
rest
20th
century.
American
Free
Agreement
(NAFTA):
Raul
Torre:
Peruvian
politician;
created
American
Popular
Revolutionary
Alliance
1924;
gained
1985.
Getúlio
Vargas:
became
president
Brazil
following
1929;
led
authoritarian
until
deposed
1945;
became
again
1950.
authoritarian
and
leader
Argentina
1940s;
driven
into
1955;
Duarte
(Evita):
wife
Juan
Perón;
among
lower
social
classes.
José
Arevalo:
reformist
1944;
his
conflict
foreign
Fruit
Company:
most
important
foreign
company
Guatemala;
1993
nationalization
its
holdings
caused
U.S.
reaction.
Fulgencio
Batista:
authoritarian
(1934
1944).
Castro:
revolutionary
leader
replaced
Batista
1958;
reformed
Cuban
Theology:
combination
Roman
Catholic
socialist
aiming
lives
military
coup
1973.
republics:
conservative,
dictatorial,
Latin
American
governments
friendly
exported
tropical
Neighbor
Policy:
introduced
president
Franklin
Roosevelt
1933
deal
fairly,
intervention,
American
states.
Alliance
Progress:
U.S.
economic
development
Latin
America