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Industrialism in  South America By: Loren G.

From 1900-1945 the population of South and  Central America   jumped from 43 million-132 million. The have about 35% European heritage, 35% mixed ethnicity, and 10% African. Seeing a migration of poor people from the country had a social impact throughout the region. The growth in population increased pressure to settle the few lands to the indigenous people. The indigenous people controlled the largely still area remained, The Amazon. Industrialization in  South America   was harmed by internal and external factors. The  Britain   and U.S are the powerful industrialized states, whose leaders saw the region as a source of cheap raw materials. The British and Americans held onto power to include ineffective or corrupt governments. In the end, a reliance on the export of a few key raw materials. Pressures of the world economic crisis resulted in the rise of dictatorships in the “Crisis of Democracy”. In the 1930’s most of the South American countries were under the rule of a dictator. The only countries that could maintain some kind of democracy was  Colombia   and   Uruguay. In  South America     Bolivia   and   Paraguay   fought the Chaco War. Paraguay  won and received the largest part of the region.