Agenda

1. Notes2. Populism Quotations3. Latifundio Floor Plan4. (If done early, work on HW due Friday)5. TTL

What is your definition of “middle-class”?

Is the middle class a positive or negative phrase?

Table of Contents1. Demographics of Latin America 9.252. Encomiendas 9.263. Gender Roles 9.274. African Slavery 9.285. Slave Life 10.16. Haitian Revolution 10.27. Brazilian and Mexican Independence 10.38. Simon Bolivar 10.99. Latifundios 10.1010. Populism 10.11

Populism ____10.11

populism:

social effect of caudillos and latifundios (at the end of class):

Populism• A political philosophy supporting “the people”

in their struggle against the privileged elite.• Ex: Occupy Wall Street “the common

people” protesting against the greed of the rich 1%

• Romanticizing the “common people” or “middle class” as hardworking/down to earth

• flexible political platforms whatever “the people want”

• Ex: president giving free bread in public markets, lowering price of gas

• Everyone loves lower gas prices, but that doesn’t solve any problems.

• Is Mr. Chen a populist or anti-populist?

Is Populism a Positive or Negative Concept?

• Set up the following chart on TWO full pages in your notebook:

1. Cut out and glue the quotations in your notebooks.2. BRIEFLY explain why quote is populist or anti-populist.

Examples of Populism

Examples of Anti-Populism

Political tags - such as royalist, communist, democrat, republican, fascist, liberal,

conservative, and so forth - are never basic criteria. The human race divides politically into

those who want people to be controlled and those who want to do the controlling.

1. What is this quote saying?2. Does this quote support or oppose the idea

of populism?

Classwork: Blueprint of a Latifundio (10 points)

• Draw a floor plan of the entire latifundio:It should AT minimum include…

- The Big House- workers’ quarters- farm / pasture land

Explain FIVE details from your floor plan.See my example from the next page.

Fourth bedroom: this room was for the lowest ranking

member of the family, since it was closest to the

bathroom (DETAIL #1)

Homework: Populist Speech(Due Friday 10.12)

• Pretend you are either Mitt Romney or Barack Obama running in the 2012 presidential campaign. Write a short speech that demonstrates populism and will help you win the election. In your speech, include FIVE examples of populism / patronage networks. Underline these examples.

Ex: I promise as president to make sure every single American is able to afford going to college- education should not be just for the rich, but for ALL Americans.

SOCIAL EFFECTSWhat is the effect of a patronage network? Does it hurt/help society? In what way?

- disenfranchisement (90% don’t own land can’t vote)

- lack of social mobility (poor ALWAYS remain poor difficult to obtain wealth w/o land)

- polarized society (rich get richer; poor get poorer)- corruption (society based on WHO you know, not

WHAT you know)