Mexico

Question 1

Ruling political party of the authoritarian regime until 2000 that emerged from the mexican revolution

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Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI)

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Mexicos charismatic president from 2012 until 2018 who is the first PRI member since its fall

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Enrique Pena Nieto

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the first leftist president since the return to democracy.

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Andres Manuael Lopez Obrador

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The racial majority in Mexico that is a mix of European and indigenous blood

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Mestizos

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The largest indigenous group that lives in the south of Mexico

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Maya

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The second-largest indigenous group which lives in the middle of Mexico

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Nahuatl

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Mexican-born descendants of the Spanish colonists who are increasingly powerful and wealthy

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Criollos

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An 11 year conflict resulting in the independence of Mexico from Spain in 1821

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Mexican War of Independence

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The owners of large amounts of land whose power grew dramatically after the War of Independence

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Latifundistas

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Local military strongmen who dominated local politics in the nineteenth-century

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Caciques

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Mexico’s first Caudillo who had control for three decades

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General Antonio López de Santa Anna

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National military strongmen who dominated all politics in the nineteenth-century

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Caudillos

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The 1846-48 conflict in which the US took almost half of Mexico’s territory

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Mexican American War

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Brutal authoritarian dictator from 1876 until 1910 who was removed in the Mexican revolution who gave mexico its first taste of stability since independence

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Porfirio Diaz

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The most famous revolutionary advocate for the poor who led a big role in the Mexican revolution and brought about the radical land reform

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Emiliano Zapata

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Worked with Zapata to advocate for a more radical socioeconomic agenda

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Pancho Villa

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What is the Constitution of 1917

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The document that was established in the Mexican Revolution which regulates Mexican politics to this day.

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An agreement between Canada, Mexico, and the US that liberalizes trade between each other

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NAFTA

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The first non PRI president who ended its 71 year reign of control. He was in office from 2000 to 2006

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Vicente Fox

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President from 2006 until 2012. he waged war on the drug cartels leading to a huge increase in violence

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Felipe Calderon

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WWII program that allowed millions of Mexicans to work in the US temporarily

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Bracero Program

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Vast informal networks of personal loyalty that operate as powerful political cliques

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Camarillas

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Mexican president from 1934 to 1940 who implemented radical land reforms and nationalized oil industries

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Lázaro Cardenas

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Mexico’s dominant trade union

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Confederation of Mexican workers

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A sector of the economy that is not regulated by the state

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Informal sector

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Mexican revolutionary leader who eventually restored political order, ended the revolution’s violence, and defeated the more radical challenges of zapata and villa

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Venustiano Carranza

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Spanish conqueror of Mexico

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Hernan Cortes

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Aztec military leader defeated by the Spanish conquerors

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Cuauhtemoc

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Independent agency that regulates elections in Mexico that was created in 1996 to end decades of electoral fraud

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Federal Electoral institute

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US immigration legislation (1986) that toughened American immigration laws while granting amnesty to many longtime undocumented workers

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Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA)

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Nineteenth century Mexican president who is today considered an early proponent of a modern, secular, and democratic Mexico

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Benito Juarez

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The first ever PRI candidate to lose a presidential election; he was defeated by Vicente Fox in 2000

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Francisco Labastida

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Largely Mayan rebel group that staged an uprising in 1994, demanding political reform and greater rights for Mexicos indigenous people

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Zapatista Army of Liberation (EZLN)

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Massive nineteenth century uprising of mexicos indigenous population

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War of the Castes

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Mexicos most powerful economic cabinet ministers

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Secretary of the treasury

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What is Mexico’s legislature, the house/, and is it bicameral or unicameral?

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National Congress. Bicameral. Upper house is Senate, lower house is Chamber of Deputies

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Political-economic model followed during the PRI rule where the domestic economy was protected with high tariffs in order to promote industrial growth

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Import substitution industrialization

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Mexican president from 1976-82, increased the role of the state in the economy and nationalized the banking system in an attempt to advert a national economic crisis

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Jose Lopez Portillo

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Factories that import goods or parts to manufacture goods that are then exported. Most are near the Mexican border with the US

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Maquiladoras

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Spectacular economic growth in Mexico from the 1940s to about 1980

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Mexican Miracle

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New leftist political party founded by Lopez Obrador

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MORENA

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County-level governments in Mexican states

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Municipios

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Conservative catholic party that was the main opposition party to the PRI until 2000

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PAN

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Mexico’s main party of the left

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PRD

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Mexican political party that emerged in the Mexican revolution to preside over an authoritarian regime that lasted until 2000

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PRI

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Relationships in which powerful government officials deliver state services and access to power in exchange for political support

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Patron-client relationships

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Mexico’s powerful state owned oil monopoly

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PEMEX

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A 1996 agreement that promised to end the Zapatista rebel uprising but was never implemented by the PRI government

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San Andres Peace Accords

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A top cabinet post that controls internal political affairs and was once a stepping stone to the presidency under the PRI

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Secretary of government

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Mexico’s largest media conglomerate that had a close relationship with the PRI for decades

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Televisa

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A free trade agreement that replaced NAFTA in 2020

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USMCA

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Mexico’s president from 1994 to 2000 who implemented political reforms that paved the way for fair elections in 2000

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Ernesto Zedillo