You have to be 110% sure you got the right answers~~ question 1 which of the following was a reason latin american countries struggled to develop after gaining their independence in the early 1800's? question 1 options: widespread religious conflict between catholics and muslims a history of class divisions and authoritarian rule made it difficult to develop stable democracies. european countries refused to trade with latin america, limiting their options for economic growth. latin american countries were forced to focus on pushing back german aggressions into their territory. question 2 which of the following was not an economic challenge that latin american countries faced in the first half of the 20th century? question 2 options: latin american countries suffered from continuous trade deficits. wide wealth gaps existed between the elites and the common people. demand for coffee, sugar, and chocolate decreased as people became more informed of health risks associated with them. difficulties finding investors to support industrialization efforts. question 3 what was the result of latin american governments focusing on developing their cities in the second half of the 20th century? question 3 options: wealth divides evened out as more people interacted in the cities. large waves of immigrants from africa and asia come to work in the growing cities. city populations grew rapidly as the poor arrived looking for jobs. governments became more stable due to their successes in growing the cities of latin america. question 4 select all of the following that are significant reasons why relations between the usa and many latin american countries got worse over the course of the 20th century. question 4 options: america's cold war mindset caused it to actively interfere in latin governments to prevent the spread of communism. latin america increasingly viewed the usa of using its economic strength to manipulate and take advantage of the smaller countries. latin american governments were upset with the growing number of their citizens moving to the usa. religious differences between the two cultures became too great of an obstacle for meaningful cooperation to occur.