No Primary Sources for this one. Focus your reading upon the sections of the chapter that focus upon Latin America (Mexico and South America) and the United States.

Chapter 19 included a discussion of some important key terms: Nationalism, Conservatism, and Liberalism. Note: it is important that we divorce these words from our current understanding of these words in the current American political context and how these terms are thrown around in the media. How do these ideas of Nationalism, Conservatism, and Liberalism play out (if at all) in the military and political struggles in both Latin America and the United States during the first half of the nineteenth century (1800-1865)?