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1519
Cortez conquer Mexico
He from Spain
Allied with Aztec enemies -
1519
Montezuma and Aztecs
Leader of Aztecs
Lost to Cortez -
Period: 1519 to
Ethnic Identity
Criollos- People born in New World
Peninsulares: People born in Spain -
Period: to
Catholic Church
Education
Community
Politics
Institutions -
Independence from Spain
Mexico Got it -
Mexican American War
Fight about borders
Manifest Destiny
Loose a ton of land
Arbitrary border -
Period: to
Juarez
Good
President
Land Reform
Exiled later -
Period: to
Diaz
Corrupt
rapid modernization
set stage for revolution -
Period: to
Mexican Revolution
Zapata and Villa are rebels -
Aftermath of Revolution
New Constitution in 1917
Carranza is the leader
Famine
Infrastructural in ruin
Reconstruction and reform necessary -
Impact of Revolution on Politics
PRN brings stability
symbol of revolutionaries
Then evolves to PRI
PRI rules for rest of 20th century
PRI: Institutional Revolutionary Party -
Period: to
PRI rules
They do
create land reform -
Period: to
Mexican Economy
WWII increases economy
US and Mexico creates ISI
Import Substitution Industrialization
Decrease Imports
1960 95% of goods are made in Mexico -
Period: to
Booms and Busts
Find a ton of oil
Economy go up
Oil prices go down
Economy goes down
IMF bail them out
cause food shortages -
Mexico City Earthquake
Kills 5000
Gov. no respond
turning point -
Mount Pleasant Riots
Response to police brutality
Discrimination
In relation to an event by Cinco de Mayo -
NAFTA
North American Free Trade Agreement
Help Mexico
No tariff
US-Mexico-Canada
Bush 40 -
2000 Election
PRI loose power
Hurt
Political contraversies -
Missing 43 Students
Gone on way to protest
Symbol governmental negligence and drugs
Missing -
US relations
Trump
Wall
Repeal Nafta
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