Traditions and Encounters, 2/e

Jerry H. Bentley, University of Hawai'i
Herbert F. Ziegler, University of Hawai'i

THE AMERICAS IN THE AGE OF INDEPENDENCE

Essay Quiz


1		Compare the treatment of indigenous peoples in the United States and Canada. Why was there not a significant métis population in the United States? What does this difference mean?



2		Migration to the United States soared in the late nineteenth century. Why did these people come to America? What were their experiences? How would the experience of an Italian coming to New York City in 1890 compare with that of another Italian immigrant to Argentina at the same time?



3		What have been the obstacles to the industrial development of Latin America? Consider the export products named on page 891. Who profits from this trade? How is it that "even as agriculture, railroad construction and mining were booming, the standard of living for average Mexicans was declining in the late nineteenth century" (pages 890--891)?

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