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CLSM · World History · Progress Check 3
Latin American Revolutions
Read the situation. Connect the ideas. Show how you know.
Name ___________________________Class __________ Date __________
01 Recall, then make a connection.
Autonomy
Centralization
Citizenship
Explain how autonomy, centralization, and citizenship describe different political questions. Why could independence leave disputes about the location of power and access to rights unresolved?
Read the situation.
Latin American independence movements emerged in varied colonial societies. The crisis of the Spanish monarchy during the Napoleonic Wars interacted with local grievances, political ideas, and struggles over authority. Leaders and communities pursued different aims. The region’s revolutions cannot be reduced to one leader or a single date.
02 Organize the information.
Which change is being claimed?
Classify the primary issue in each fictional dispatch.
Sort the dispatches.
A. External sovereigntyB. Internal participationC. Distribution of authority
Example
Category letter
1. A territory rejects rule by an overseas crown.
2. A law changes who may vote.
3. Provinces debate powers of a central government.
4. A petition demands political rights for an excluded group.
5. A constitution divides responsibilities between central and regional institutions.
Explain one placement using a detail from the example.
CLSM · World History · Progress Check 3
What does the evidence show?
Latin American Revolutions
03 Follow the evidence.
Test the equality claim
A fictional declaration announces independence and claims that every hierarchy has therefore disappeared.
Select all evidence that would directly test that claim.
Laws governing citizenship and participation after independence.
Petitions from communities challenging continued unequal treatment.
The date on a new national flag design.
A leader’s portrait displayed in a public hall.
Name the useful records and explain how they answer the claim.
04 Apply the idea.
The network’s final report
Fictional Case A gains independence but retains narrow voting; Case B changes both sovereignty and participation rules.
Which conclusion fits?
Political independence and expanded participation can follow different paths.
Independence automatically guarantees identical rights everywhere.
A change in voting rules makes sovereignty irrelevant.
Choose a conclusion and explain why it fits the situation.
05 Carry the idea forward.
Write a network report comparing two dimensions of revolutionary change. Explain one connection between European events and local movements, and identify the evidence needed to judge outcomes for an excluded group.