Question 1: The ________ was the focus of disagreement, some seeing the Mexican constitution with its abolition of slavery and establishment of free trade as an improvement over the status quo.
Question 2: The poverty and extreme political instability of the region prevented the construction of an inter-oceanic canal (see________ and Panama Canal), from which Central America could have obtained considerable economic benefits.
Question 3: The liberal democratic project was strongly opposed by conservative factions allied with the Roman Catholic________ and the wealthy landowners.
Question 6: As a president of Mexico, Vicente Filisola occupied Guatemala City after the formation of Federal Republic of Central America and was successful in annexing ________ in 1822, causing an uprising there.
Question 8: The federalbureaucracy in ________ proved ineffectual, and fears of Guatemalan domination of the union led to protests that resulted in the relocation of the capital to San Salvador in 1831.
Question 10: Commodore Aury established the first independent republic in Old Providence Island (Isla de Providencia) in 1818, off the coast of ________.