Mexico Flashcards
Ruling political party of the authoritarian regime until 2000 that emerged from the mexican revolution
Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI)
Mexicos charismatic president from 2012 until 2018 who is the first PRI member since its fall
Enrique Pena Nieto
the first leftist president since the return to democracy.
Andres Manuael Lopez Obrador
The racial majority in Mexico that is a mix of European and indigenous blood
Mestizos
The largest indigenous group that lives in the south of Mexico
Maya
The second-largest indigenous group which lives in the middle of Mexico
Nahuatl
Mexican-born descendants of the Spanish colonists who are increasingly powerful and wealthy
Criollos
An 11 year conflict resulting in the independence of Mexico from Spain in 1821
Mexican War of Independence
The owners of large amounts of land whose power grew dramatically after the War of Independence
Latifundistas
Local military strongmen who dominated local politics in the nineteenth-century
Caciques
Mexico’s first Caudillo who had control for three decades
General Antonio López de Santa Anna
National military strongmen who dominated all politics in the nineteenth-century
Caudillos
The 1846-48 conflict in which the US took almost half of Mexico’s territory
Mexican American War
Brutal authoritarian dictator from 1876 until 1910 who was removed in the Mexican revolution who gave mexico its first taste of stability since independence
Porfirio Diaz
The most famous revolutionary advocate for the poor who led a big role in the Mexican revolution and brought about the radical land reform
Emiliano Zapata