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slavery
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work done under harsh conditions for little or no pay
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Toussaint L' Ouverature
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Haitian military and political leader who led a successful slave insurrection (1791-1793) and helped the French expel the British from Haiti (1798). In 1801 he invaded Spanish Santo Domingo and freed the slaves there.
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Miguel Hildago
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Mexican Catholic priest who was responsible for helping start the Mexican Revolution when he gave a speech called the "Grito de Delores"
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Simon Bolivar
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Leader of revolutionary forces that won independence from Spain for norther South American countries; Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, and Ecuador
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Jose de San Martin
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Leader of revolutionary forces that won independence from Spain for southern South American countries; Argentina, Chile
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Mestizos
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a person whose heritage is of mixed Spanish and Indian ancestory
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Mulattos
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A person who has one African parent and one European parent.
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Juan and Eva Peron
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1895–1974, Argentine military and political leader: president 1946–55, 1973–74 and his wife who played a big role in the popularity of her husband.
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Regionalism
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Loyalty to the interests of a particular region whereby the interests of a nation in world affairs are defined in terms of that regions.
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Nationalism
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the policy of asserting the interests of one's own nation, viewed as separate from the interests of other nations
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Guerilla movements (warfare)
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a band of irregular soldiers that uses guerrilla warfare, harassing the enemy by surprise raids, sabotaging communication and supply lines, etc.
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Organization of American States
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an organization formed in 1948 for the purpose of coordinated action in economic, political, and military matters:includes most Western Hemisphere nations
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Cuban Revolution
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the revolution led by Fidel Castro and a small band of guerrilla fighters against a corrupt dictatorship in Cuba; 1956-1959
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Shining Path
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a terrorist group formed in Peru in the late 1960s as a splinter group from the communist party of Peru; made up of mostly poor farmers
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