WRITE TWO 500 to 600 words (not counting footnotes, endnotes and bibliography) short essays to answer each of the chosen questions. You should submit two short essays of 500 to 600 words each. Final exam due the day assigned by your TA. Please write the question you are responding to at the beginning of each essay. Please write your name. Remember to state an argument, and be specific about what, when, where, who, and the outcome. DO NOT REFER OR ADDRESS BRAZIL. You can use your notes from class as well, but you must include a bibliography from the readings assigned. MAKE SURE YOU CITE FROM THE PRIMARY SOURCES YOU READ FOR CLASS.

Question 1:

What roles did the U.S.A. and Britain played in the political and economic affairs of Latin America (with the exception of Cuba and Puerto Rico) during the nineteenth and early twentieth century, up to the 1940s. You can choose two countries and elaborate.

Sources you may use for this question are titled: How did Latin America save the U.S. , the Guano Boom.

Question 2:

What were the major elements that led to the Cuban Revolution that culminated in 1959? What were the successes, challenges, and failures of the revolution since 1959? What were the transnational impacts of the Cuban Revolution in Latin American and beyond?

Sources you may use for this question are titled: “History will absolve Me”, and the Platt Amendment.