The first postindependence leader and constitutional emperor of Mexico was __________.
A. Agustn de Iturbide
B. Antonio Lpez de Santa Anna
C. Benito Jarez
D. Jos Mara Morelos
Question 2
As the war for independence ended, Mexico __________.
A. emerged as a wealthy nation with a healthy democratic political system
B. was economically devastated and lacked a stable political system
C. based its hopes for economic recovery on its silver mining industry, which had not been disrupted by the war
D. now found itself facing an invasion by a French army from Haiti
This engraving by William Russell Birch shows Congress Hall (left), which was occupied by Congress f
In the summer of 1793, a yellow fever epidemic struck Philadelphia, killing nearly 4,000. Tens of th
A boy walks past a member of the unofficial “community police” in Cruz Grande, Guerrero, Mexico.
Dissolved oxygen at The Gulf of Mexico’s “Dead Zone”