HISTORY
THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM
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Question
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It gave Mexico a vast new territory of Texas to try to settle and govern.
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It made Santa Anna lose his power as a governing caudillo.
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It caused Mexico to lose territory but gain new violence between conservatives and liberals.
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It showed that Santa Anna was really a liberal reformer.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Some of these effects were social political and economic. Puerto rice and Cuba became protectorates of the United States, Panama broke away from Columbia. The Panama Canal was built. The United States also increased its investment in Latin America.
Detailed explanation-2: -Latin America during the Cold War was a place of not-infrequent civil war and political intrigue. The US tried its hardest to maintain its influence over the region, including creating a 36-year-long civil war in Guatemala, wherein the capitalist faction was aided by the US.
Detailed explanation-3: -The PRI maintained absolute power over the country for most of the twentieth century: besides holding the Presidency of the Republic, until 1976 all members of the Senate belonged to the PRI, while all of the state governors were also from the PRI until 1989.
Detailed explanation-4: -Juárez had passed a set of laws called the Reform Laws, which made all Church land and buildings the property of the State. This cut the power and influence of the Church, which had been very powerful until then. The civil war lasted 3 years.