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Assignment:

1. Discuss the role that women played during the wars of independence in Latin America. Provide a few examples to illustrate your point.

2. What is populism? Provide at least two examples that demonstrate how populism functioned in Latin America.

3. How is it possible that a nation with democratic institutions like Argentina could plunge into a totalitarian predicament described by Jacobo Timerman in Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number? Do you agree with the Argentine military's assessment that they are justified in governing the nation instead of civilian politicians? How would you react if comparable measures were employed in the United States against its citizens? What lessons can other nations, including the United States, learn from this episode in Latin American history and politics?

4. Address the following thesis statement: How do the four primary sources on the California missions prove that the policies of the Spanish Crown and Franciscan officials directly contributed to the cultural destruction of the California native populations as the mission system was being established? Explain in at least 5-6 sentences (based on your analysis of the primary and secondary sources) how the sources prove the thesis statement?

5. Articulate a cause or consequence of the California Mission system represented by the four primary sources. Name and describe one cause or consequence of an event discussed in these sources in at least 5-6 sentences.

6. Describe one historical personality involved in the California Mission system, and explain his or her significance in this event. Why was that person significant? Compose your answer in at least 5-6 sentences.