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Constitution of 1917
Consequence: set a model for the weimar constitution and the russian constitution of 1918 -
Russian Reevolution
Consequence: Russia’s transformation into a Communist country. -
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Treaty of Versailles
Consequence: Hitler to take over Germany in 1933. -
League of Nations
Cause: By the need of not creating another war -
Banco de Mexico foundation
Cause: Based on the federal reserve USA -
Guerras Cristeras
Cause: President Plutarco Elías Calles, wanted to create a church that separated from the Vatican. -
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Foundation of PNR (PRI) -
Great Depression
Consequence: Instability in the economies of other countries, that eventually caused discontent and world war I -
Foundation of the (PNR) PRI
Consequence: The creation of the PAN and PRD -
Ley Federal del Trabajo
Consequence: Tlatelolco protest -
Lázaro Cárdenas oil expropriation and reparto agrario
Cause: The articles 27 of the constitution of 1917, and the law of expropriation in 1936 -
Munich pact
The great powers grant a part of Czechoslovachia
was Caused by Appeasement policy -
WWII Begins
Consequence: Creation of United Nations -
Crecimiento hacia afuera
Under Ávila Camacho’s mandate, the Mexican Economy was based on the dynamism of the primary sector called Crecimiento hacia afuera. Mexico grew its PIB with a ritm of 7.3 percent. This was mainly caused by the WWII, because it gave Mexico several growing opportunities. -
Pearl Harbor
Consequence: US Midway attack -
Portero de llano
German submarine attacked mexican ship and killing 13 people. After this, Manuel Ávila Camacho decided to send Escuadrón 201. This was a consequence of the WWII -
D-Day, Normandy - 1944
Largest naval operation from the Allies invading western Europe
It was connected with Pearl Harbor because most of the troops of the D-Day were American. -
IMSS
The Mexican Institution of the Social Service was made. A clear example of the better living conditions in Mexico made by the crecimiento hacia afuera. -
End of World War II
In this year, all of the Axis powers surrendered.
This is connected with the D-Day because that day was the beginning of the fall of the Third Reich which led to the end of the war. -
United Nations
The creation of the UN in San Francisco, California.
It was connected with the World War II because all of the deaths and the polemic use of some kind of weapons, as the nuclear ones. -
PRI
The PRM changes its name to PRI (Partido Revolucionario Institucional). Due to its creation in 1929 -
Cold War
The approximate beginning of the cold war. A war of the capitalism (USA) against the communism (USSR).
This was caused because of the end of the WWII, that led the world into two main leaders that compete among them, the USA and the USSR. -
Vietnam War
The beginning of the Vietnam war, in which USA and USSR fought indirectly in Vietnamese territory.
This war was caused by the tension of the cold war between the Americans and the Russians -
Bay of Pigs
This was a failed invasion from the USA to Cuba in which USA surrendered in less than 24 hours.
This caused even more tension between USA and USSR, and in response of this, among other things, Nikita Khrushchev decided to place nuclear weapons in Cuba. -
ISSSTE
Creation of this organism that protects the workers of the state. Due to Mexico’s good laboral and economical conditions. -
Missile Crisis
USSR sent nuclear weapons to Cuba but US blocked the weapons from entering Cuba which caused tense negotiations between Kennedy and Khrushchev.
This was caused by the intentions of the Soviet Leader to place weapons in Cuba, intentions that were influenced by the Bay of Pigs Invasion. -
Díaz Ordaz
Díaz Ordaz take the charge of the Mexican President. Díaz Ordaz was the president during la matanza de Tlatelolco -
Dr. King’s assassination
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Leader of the civil rights movement was murdered, eight days later the Fair Housing Act was made effective. -
Tlatelolco massacre
A group of students were assassinated by the Mexican government while protesting against the military oppression, they were blamed for disturbing the social peace before the Olympic games. After this the government’s true colors were shown and a big part of the Mexican people realized what kind of country they lived in. -
Olympic Games in Mexico City
Ten days after the Tlatelolco massacre the Olympic games were held in Mexico City, the so called “social peace” was restored since the leaders of the movement along with many of the followers were killed. These were the first Olympic games to take place in a Latin American nation. -
Apollo 11
This is one of the most popular events regarding the Cold War. With this the USA won the Space Race by being the first land on the moon. Neil Armstrong member of the Apollo 11 crew will be remembered as the “first man to walk on the moon”. -
FIFA World Cup in Mexico
with the Olympic Games Mexico proved to be capable of hosting big international events. New infrastructures were built for this event such as the “Estadio Azteca” -
End of the Vietnam War
After almost 20 years of fighting the Vietnam War finally came to an end. This was one of the major events of the cold war, during this war the USA failed to stop Vietnam from becoming communist. -
Death of Francisco Franco
After dictator Franco died of Parkinson’s disease a democratic government was established in Spain. With this the right-wing dictatorships in Europe came to an end -
Creation of the Sindicato Único Nacional de Trabajaores Universitario.
Under the presidency of José López Portillo the congress accepted this union in order to protect university employees. It currently known as the Federación Nacional de Sindicatos Universitarios (FNSU) -
Falklands War
This was a conflict between the UK and Argentina over the Falkland Islands. Ten weeks went by before Britain defeated Argentina; Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher gained a lot of popularity because of this victory. -
Nationalization of the banking system
The banking system in Mexico was nationalized in response to the economic crisis Mexico was facing. -
Electoral Fraud during the general Elections
This elections were won by PRI’s candidate Carlos Salinas de Gortari through fraud against the FDN’s candidate Cuauhtémoc Cardenas son of the former Mexican president Lázaro Cardenas -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The wall that divided East and West Germany was demolished. This marked the beginning of what would be the end of the Cold War and the USSR in 1991
