STUDY GUIDE FOR MIDTERM EXAMINATION

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STUDY GUIDE FOR MID-TERM EXAMINATION

• Political Science 146A
• Winter 2008

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TIME AND PLACE

• Thursday, February 21
• PCH 109
• 500-620 p.m.
• Closed-book exam
• Bring blue books and pens/pencils
• Write legibly!

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SCOPE OF MATERIAL

• Issues and Themes Historical Trends
• Reading
• Smith, Talons, through chapter 9
• Holden and Zolov, various
• Course Reader, Selections 1-6

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• Videos
• Gringo in Mañanaland
• Hidden in Plain Sight School of the Americas
• Latin American and Caribbean Presence in the
  U.S.

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COURSE READER

• Fukuyama, End of History
• Huntington, Clash of Civilizations?
• Chambers and Smith, NAFTA in the New Millennium
• Hinojosa-Ojeda and McCleery, NAFTA as Metaphor
• Smith, Drug Trafficking in Mexico
• Youngers and Rosin, The U.S. War on Drugs
• Goldsborough, Out-of-Control Immigration
• Castañeda, ExMex, ch. 8

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I. DISCUSSION ITEMS (30 points)
Write a short (two- to three-sentence) statement
identifying and explaining the significance of
such items as Roosevelt Corollary José
Martí Alliance for Progress Rafael
Trujillo Organization of American
States Economic Commission for Latin America
(CEPAL) dirty war Truman Doctrine Salvador
Allende Contadora OCIAA Good Neighbor
Policy César Augusto Sandino Manuel Antonio
Noriega Fast-track authority
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II. ESSAY QUESTIONS (70 points)

• Be ready to write essays on such topics as
• Describe the concept of manifest destiny and
  its implications for U.S.-Latin American
  relations.
• Describe and analyze the ideological content of
  Latin American reactions to the rise of U.S.
  power during the so-called imperial era. Be
  sure to refer to specific sources during the
  course of your answer.
• What were the principal political effects of the
  Cold War within Latin America?
• Compare Fukuyama and Huntingtons views of the
  post-Cold War world. What implications did their
  ideas have for U.S.-Latin American relations?
• Describe the short- and long-term effects of
  NAFTA.