Mexico Flashcards
Bracero Program
WWII program that allowed millions of Mexicans to work temporarily in the United States
Calderon, Felipe
Mexico’s conservative president from 2006-2012, he was responsible for waging a war against drug cartels that led to a major increase in violence
Carranza, Venustiano
Mexican revolutionary leader who eventually restored political order, ended the revolution’s violence, and defeated the more radical challenges of Zapata and Villa
Chamber of Deputies
The lower house of Mexican’s legislature
Confederation of Mexican Workers (CTM)
Mexico’s dominant trade union confederation, which was a main pillar of the PRI’s authoritarian regime
Constitution of 1917
Document established by the Mexican Revolution that continues to regulate Mexico’s political regime
Cortes, Hernan
Spanish Conquerer of Mexico
Criollos
Mexican-born descendants of Spaniards during the period of Spanish colonial rule
Diaz, Porfirio
Mexican dictator who ruled from 1876 to 1910 and was deposed by Mexican Revolution
Federal Electoral Institute
Independent agency that regulates elections in Mexico, created in 1996 to end decades of electoral fraud
Fox, Vicente
Mexico’s president from 2000-2006, the first non-PRI president in 7 decades
Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA)
U.S. immigration legislation (1986) that toughened American immigration laws while granting amnesty to many longtime undocumented workers
Import substitution industrialization (ISI)
Political-economic model followed during the authoritarian regime of the PRI, in which the domestic economy was protected by high tariffs in order to promote industrial growth
Informal Sector
A sector of the economy that is not regulated or taxed by the state
Labastida, Francisco
The first-ever PRI candidate to lose a presidential election; he was defeated in 2000 by Vicente Fox of the PAN
Lopez Obrador, Andres Manuel
Mexico’s president since 2018, a leftist populist who claimed that he was the rightful winner of the 2006 and 2012 elections
Lopez Portillo, Jose
Mexican President from 1976 to 1982; he increased the role of the state in the economy and nationalized Mexico’s banking system in an attempt to avert a national economic crisis
Madero, Francisco
An initial leader of the Mexican Revolution and a landowner who sought moderate democratic reform
maquiladoras
Factories that import goods or parts to manufacture goods that are then exported
Mestizos
Mexicans of mixed European and indigenous blood, who make up the vast majority of Mexico’s population
Mexican-American War
The 1846-48 conflict between Mexico and the United States that resulted in the U.S. acquistion of much of the current Southwest of the United States
Mexican Revolution
Bloody conflict in Mexico between 1910 and 1917 that established the long-lived PRI regime
MORENA (National Regeneration Movement)
New leftist political party formed by Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, a two time presidential candidate for the PRD and current president of Mexico`
Municipios
County-level governments in Mexican states
