1. All of the following were results of Mexico's foreign debt crisis EXCEPT the (1 point)
privatization of government-owned companies.
dissatisfaction with the PRI.
election of Vicente Fox as president.
creation of the Institutional Revolutionary Party.
2. As a result of bloody protests led by university students in the late 1960s, Mexico
(1 point)
created a strict military dictatorship.
stayed committed to one-party rule under the PRI.
introduced political reforms and extended freedoms.
invited U.S. troops to Mexico to restore order.
3. Relations between Cuba and the United States deteriorated when (1 point)
the Castro regime received aid from the Soviet Union.
Cuba pulled its team out the International Baseball League.
José Duarte was elected president of Cuba.
the Sandinistas won the presidential election and replaced Castro.
4. Even though their regime employed murder and torture to silence opposition, the corrupt, anti-Communist Somoza government in Nicaragua was (1 point)
basically, a decent group.
supported by Castro.
pro-Sandinista.
supported until 1979 by the United States.
5. For most of the twentieth century, after Panama broke away from Colombia in 1903, with U.S. support, all of the following were true EXCEPT (1 point)
the United States controlled the Panama Canal.
Panama was ruled by a wealthy oligarchy.
the U.S. exerted extensive influence over the Panamanian government.
the Panama Canal was blocked to U.S. shipping.
privatization of government-owned companies.
dissatisfaction with the PRI.
election of Vicente Fox as president.
creation of the Institutional Revolutionary Party.
2. As a result of bloody protests led by university students in the late 1960s, Mexico
(1 point)
created a strict military dictatorship.
stayed committed to one-party rule under the PRI.
introduced political reforms and extended freedoms.
invited U.S. troops to Mexico to restore order.
3. Relations between Cuba and the United States deteriorated when (1 point)
the Castro regime received aid from the Soviet Union.
Cuba pulled its team out the International Baseball League.
José Duarte was elected president of Cuba.
the Sandinistas won the presidential election and replaced Castro.
4. Even though their regime employed murder and torture to silence opposition, the corrupt, anti-Communist Somoza government in Nicaragua was (1 point)
basically, a decent group.
supported by Castro.
pro-Sandinista.
supported until 1979 by the United States.
5. For most of the twentieth century, after Panama broke away from Colombia in 1903, with U.S. support, all of the following were true EXCEPT (1 point)
the United States controlled the Panama Canal.
Panama was ruled by a wealthy oligarchy.
the U.S. exerted extensive influence over the Panamanian government.
the Panama Canal was blocked to U.S. shipping.