Argentine History and Politics

Politics and Institutions since 1880

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  1. What name is given to the 1912 law that set the secret and compulsory male vote?
  2. Who in 1916 became the first president elected under the secret and compulsory vote?
  3. Which general led the 1930 coup that overthrew Yrigoyen?
  4. In which year did Argentina pass the law giving women the vote, promoted by Eva Peron?
  5. Which labour leader won the presidency in 1946 and gave his name to a political movement?
  6. Which day of 1945 do Peronists celebrate as Loyalty Day, when workers filled the Plaza de Mayo?
  7. In which year did the last military dictatorship take power, ruling until 1983?
  8. Who won the 1983 election that returned Argentina to democracy?
  9. Which 1984 report documented the disappearances during the military dictatorship?
  10. The first military coup of 1930 and the return of democracy in 1983 are how many years apart?
  11. Which South Atlantic islands did Argentina and the United Kingdom fight over in 1982?
  12. What presidential term did the 1994 reform set, with one consecutive re-election allowed?
  13. How many senators does each province, and the city of Buenos Aires, elect to the national Senate?
  14. The Senate has three members from each of the 23 provinces and from the capital city. How many senators is that?
  15. Which pairing of law and year is correct?
  16. What happened to the city of Buenos Aires in 1880 under President Roca?
  17. Which student movement of 1918 began in Cordoba and spread across Latin America?
  18. Which regional trade bloc was founded by the 1991 Treaty of Asuncion?
  19. What did Law 1420 of 1884 establish?
  20. Which form of government does the Argentine Constitution establish?
  21. Which list gives these events in order, oldest first?
  22. What group began weekly marches in the Plaza de Mayo in 1977 to ask about their missing children?
  23. How was the Argentine president chosen before the 1994 reform?
  24. Which office created in 1994 coordinates the ministers and reports to both the president and Congress?
  25. Which 1969 uprising in an inland city joined workers and students against the Ongania dictatorship?

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