A History of World Societies:
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A History of World Societies Value
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Review and Explore

Make Connections

Analyze the larger developments and continuities within and across chapters.

  1. Question

    Why did Latin America and the United States follow such different trajectories after independence?

    Why did Latin America and the United States follow such different trajectories after independence?
  2. Question

    In what ways did the United States come to resemble European powers in building overseas empires? How did U.S. expansionism and the colonialism practiced by Britain and France differ?

    In what ways did the United States come to resemble European powers in building overseas empires? How did U.S. expansionism and the colonialism practiced by Britain and France differ?
  3. Question

    How did neocolonialism make Latin America after independence resemble regions of Asia and Africa that were subjected to direct colonial rule?

    How did neocolonialism make Latin America after independence resemble regions of Asia and Africa that were subjected to direct colonial rule?