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Mexico Flashcards

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caciques:

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-local military strongmen who dominated politics during the 19th century

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Felipe Calderon:

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-PAN conservative pres 2006-2012
-responsible for waging a war against drug cartels, ^^ violence

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camarillas:

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-vast informal networks of personal loyalty that act as powerful political cliques

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Lazaro Cardenas:

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-PRI pres 1934-1940
-implemented radical land reform
-nationalized Mexican oil companies

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caudillos:

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-local military strongmen who dominated politics during the 19th and 20th centuries

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Chamber of Deputies:

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-the lower house in Mexico’s legislature

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Confederation of Mexican Workers (CMT)

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-Mexico’s dominant trade union confederation
-main pillar of PRI’s authoritarian regime

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Constitution of 1917

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-Document established by Mexican Revolution that continues to regulate Mexico’s political regime

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Hernan Cortez:

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-spanish conquerer of Mexico

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criollos:

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-mexican born descendants of Spaniards during the period of Spanish colonial rule

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Cuauhtemoc:

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-Aztec military leader defeated by the Spanish conquerers

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Porfirio Diaz:

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-Mexican dictator (1876-1910)
-deposed by Mexican Revolution

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Federal Electoral Institute:

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-independent agency that regulates elections in Mexico
-created in 1996 to end decades of electoral fraud

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Vicente Fox:

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-PAN pres (2000-2006)
-first non PRI pres in more than 7 decades

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Benito Juarez:

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-19 century mexican pres
-consideed an early proponent of a secular & democratic Mexico

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Francisco Labastida:

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-first PRI candidate to lose a pres. election
-defeated by FOX in 2000

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latifundistas:

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-owners of huge tracts of land
-were granted a large amount of power during the colonization of mexico

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Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO):

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-PRD pres (2018-2024)
-leftist populist
-claims he was the rightful winner of 2006 & 2012 elections

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Jose Lopez Portillo:

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-pres (1976-82)
-increased role of state in the economy
-nationalized Mexico’s banking system

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Francisco Madero:

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-initial leader of Mexican Revolution
-sought moderate democratic reform

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mestizos:

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-mexicans of mixed european and indigenous decent
–make up majority of Mexico’s population

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Mexican American War:

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-(1846-48)
-conflict with Mexico and US
-resulted in US acquisition of half of Mexico’s land

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Mexican Revolution:

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-violent conflict (1910-1917)
-established PRI regime

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Mexican War of Independence:

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  • 11 year conflict to win independence from Spain in 1821
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MORENA (National Regeneration Movement):

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  • new leftist political party
    -formed by AMLO
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municipios:

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-Country level governments in Mexican statesq

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Nahuatl:

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-Mexico’s second largest indigenous group
-concentrated in central Mexico

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National Congress:

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-Mexico’s bicameral legislature

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National Supreme Court of Justice:

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-Mexico’s highest court

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Nort American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA):

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-trade agreement between Canada, US, and Mexico
-liberalizes trade
-renegotiated in 2020, replaced by USMCA

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Partido Accion Nacional (PAN):

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-Conservative Catholic Mexican party
-main opposition to the PRI until 2000

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Partido de la Revolucion Democratica (PRD):

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  • Mexico’s main party of the left
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Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI):

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-party that emerged from the Mexican Revolution
-presided over an authoritarian regime until 2000

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patron-client relationships:

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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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PEMEX:

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-Mexico’s powerful state-owned oil monopoly

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Enrique Pena Nieto:

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-PRI pres (2012-2018)
- first PRI member to be elected pres since return to democracy in 2000

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San Andres Peace Accords:

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-1996 agreement to end Zapista rebel uprising
-never implemented by PRI gov.

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secretary of government:

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secretary of the treasury:

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Senate:

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Televisa:

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Francisco VIlla (Pancho):

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War of the Castes:

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Emiliano Zapata:

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Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN):

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Ernesto Zedillo:

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