HILA 120 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Argentine Civil Wars, Argentine Confederation
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The items below are drawn from the readings and lectures. Twenty of them will be on the id exam to be given in class on tues. march 8, 2016; the exam will last 15 minutes. Short answer - need not use complete sentences: say who, when, what: unitarios. 19th century political group advocating for strong central government. Rivalled the federalists who wanted to retain provincial authority: federales. Became a central part of the army in the rio de la plata region. Assisted in the violent struggles between caudillos. Idealized/mythicalized in history (cowboys etc: juan manuel rosas, salted beef. Governor of buenos aires (1835-52) with dictatorial powers. Federalist but his policies in buenos aires appeared more centralist. Huge source of food for poor and rich: facundo quiroga. Fought in argentine civil wars: la rioja. Black population/indian population large: domingo sarmiento. Exiled to chile by rosas development of transportation/communication: wrote (cid:498)facundo(cid:499) denouncing rosas. Opposed dictatorships: justo jos de urquiza.
