Unit 19: Paper 3 (HL) — History of the Americas
Topic 19.7: Nation-building and challenges (c1780–c1870) Questions
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What was the mazorca in Juan Manuel de Rosas's Argentina?
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What was the main recommendation of the Durham Report (1839) regarding day-to-day colonial governance?
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Which Indigenous leader formed a confederacy that resisted American expansion and was killed at the Battle of the Thames in 1813?
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Which compromise at the 1787 Philadelphia Convention created a two-house Congress with the House of Representatives based on population and the Senate with equal representation per state?
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Under the Articles of Confederation, how could the United States Congress raise money?
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Which 1864 conference produced the '72 Resolutions' that served as the blueprint for Canadian Confederation?
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What did the United States gain from Mexico under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848)?
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Evaluate the extent to which the compromises reached at the 1787 Philadelphia Convention succeeded in unifying the new United States.
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Which British policy involving the seizure of American sailors was a key cause of the War of 1812?
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Evaluate the reasons for the rise of caudillo rule in Latin America in the decades following independence.
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What event in Massachusetts (1786–1787) exposed the inability of the Articles of Confederation to maintain order?
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Discuss the view that the 1787 Constitution's compromises over slavery represented a failure of political leadership rather than a necessary act of nation-building.
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Examine the causes of the War of 1812.
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Discuss the role of economic factors in causing political instability in the United States under the Articles of Confederation.
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Which factor is identified as a key structural cause of caudillo rule across Latin America after independence?
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Evaluate the claim that checks and balances were the most important feature of the 1787 Constitution in preventing tyranny.
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Compare and contrast the causes of the War of 1812 and the Mexican-American War (1846-1848).
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To what extent was the rise of personal or strongman rule in Latin America after independence primarily the result of the sudden collapse of Spanish colonial administration, rather than other factors?
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Evaluate the extent to which the British North America Act (1867) resolved the tensions within British North America.
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Analyse the role of individual leaders in shaping the political development of the Americas between 1812 and 1867, with reference to two named leaders.
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