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Latin America
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16
Social Studies
5th Grade
05/31/2017

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The Gadsden Purchase
Definition
Was when Santa Anna sold La Mesilla Valley to the United States for money to build the army.
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The Triple Alliance
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Was when Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay teamed up to battle Paraguay.
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Santa Anna
Definition
Was the dictator of Mexico who sold La Mesilla Valley to the United States. No one liked her.
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Reformers
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Were people who wanted change, people who were tired of Santa Anna's dictatorship
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Benito Juarez
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Was a Zapotec Native American that took Santa Anna's place as dictator. He later died in 1872.
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Napoleon III
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Was the French emperor of France
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Maximillian
Definition
Was the archduke of Austria. Napoleon III chose him to be the emperor of Mexico.
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Francisco Solano Lopez
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Was the dictator of Paraguay. He had little experience being a ruler.
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1854
Definition
when the reform leaders lead a rebellion and overthrew Santa Anna
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1860
Definition
when the Reformers won the Civil War
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1863
Definition
When the French forces occupied Mexico City
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1870
Definition
War of the triple alliance ended with Paraguays defeat
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1872
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Benito Juarez' death
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squatter
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a settler with no legal title to the land occupied wont leave
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plaza
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public square or marketplace in an open up area
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migrant farmworker
Definition
someone who works from farm to farm to make money
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