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Latin America

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Region with 25 countries, 667 million people, from Mexico to Argentina

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Tenochtitlan

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A city where Mexico City is located, scene from Diego Rivera

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Battle of Tenochtitlan

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conflict from 1519-1521

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Cathedral, Mexico City

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highly significant religious structure

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slaves in Brazil

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Millions taken, especially in the 19th century, didn’t end until 1888

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Busch Captain, Brazil

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hunted and recaptured runaway slaves

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Sugar Mill Brazil 1835

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established by Rugendas significant in sugar production

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Theme of modernization

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focus on progress and development

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Porfirio Diaz

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Modernized Mexico with ideas, overthrown in 1911 ruled from 1876-1911

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Emiliano Zapata

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underdog figure in the Mexican Revolution and occupied Mexico City with Villa Land and Liberty, killed in 1919

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Lazaro Cardenas

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From 193401940 nationalized Mexican oil in 1938, took oil from Americans and British no longer private property. Mexico ran OWN industry company name example PEMEX -> the Mexican petroleum economy

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Tio Sam

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representation of USA involvement for profit

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Juscelino Kubistchek

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Leader of Brazil from 1956-1961, focused on development and building

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Favelas

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poor living areas, common in Mexico and Argentina

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Fidel Castro

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Leader who turned Cuba into a communist country

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Che Guevara

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important figure in Cuban history, from Argentina

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Salvador Allende

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socialist president of Chile

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Archbishop Oscar Romero

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assassinated in El Salvador for outspokenness of violence during the Civil War, now a saint

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Pope Francis

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current pope, from Argentina

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Colonial background

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under Portuguese and Spanish rule

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Hernan Cortez

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conqueror of Aztecs, faced challenges

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Mercantilism

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wealth through trade, prevalent in colonial era

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Father Miguel Hidalgo

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Key leader in Mexican Independence movement

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Caudillo

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strongman rule, common in Mexican history

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the caudillos
military strongman maintaining order in weak states
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populist
the leaders appealing to the masses needs and desires
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totalitarian system
a regime with absolute control over public and private life
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Mazorca
secret police enforcing rule through brutal tactics
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La Reforma
reform laws in Mexico hastening colonial transition
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Paseo de la reforma
avenue in Mexico City symbolizing reform and process
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Benito Juarez
native Mexican president symbolizing liberalism and nationalism
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Ley Juarez
law abolishing special courts in Mexico
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Ley Lerdo
law prohibiting corporate ownership of real estate
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war of reform
conflicts in Mexico over liberal reforms, from 1858-1860
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Archduke Maximilian
French-backed emperor of Mexico during French intervention
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Mulatto
a person of mixed white and black ancestry
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one drop rule
classification based on any African or Native ancestry
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Whitening
encouraging European immigration to 'whiten' the population
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anti-clerical
highly critical of the Catholic priesthood
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Portifriato
-modernization movement in Mexico and Afro-Latin America -period of rule in Mexico by Porfioro Diaz, epitomizing modernization
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positivism
philosophy emphasizing order and progress, influential in Porfiriato
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Foreign investment
allowing billions of dollars from other countries into Mexico
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railroad construction
building 10,000 miles oof tracks in Mexico by British and American companies
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banking control
British dominance over banking in Mexcio during Profiriato
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Oil discovery
finding oil Mexico in the early 1900's controlled by Americans and British
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Mining industry
American control over mines in northern Mexico, especially copper
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agriculture cash crops
growing sisal plants for carpet production, causing controversy
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Pax Porfiriana
era of relative peace in Mexico under Porfirio Diaz's rule
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Los Rurales
countryside police force enforcing law, executing violators
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Ley Fuga
fugitive law allowing execution upon capture, creating a sense of security
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Yaqui Case
the indigenous people forced to work on plantations, resisting for centuries
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Urban proletariat
city workers unhappy with conditions, leading to strikes
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rising nationalism
growing pride in Mexican nation, challenging forge in influence
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Mexican Revolution
revolutionary movement in Mexico from 1910 onwards, ending in 1929
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Francisco Madero
the first revolutionary president of Mexico in 1911, advocated for new elections and land ownership reforms -overthrown by Huerto
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Victoriano Huerta
overthrew Madero in 1913, executed Vice President and president, leading to over 1 million deaths
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constitutionalists
fighters of the Mexican Revolution, opposed by counter revolutionaries, led by Carranza
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Venustiano Carranza
defeated Huerta, main leader of constitutionalists, ruled from 1914-1919, supported new constitution in 1917
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article 27
in the Mexican constitution 1917, states that the state owns land resources, allowing for redistribution of land
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Obregon
key general from the northwest, lost his arm in a battle, become a powerful politician supporting the government elected president in 1920
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Pancho Villa
Cattle rustler turned revolutionary leader, fought against the government, worse a British helmet, and committed terrorism in 1916 and was NOT captured
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Pershing
general who led the US military expedition into Mexico in pursuit of Pancho Villa in 1916
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Zapatismo
support for land reform in Mexico, associated with Emiliano Zapata and his followers
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PEMEX
Mexican petroleum company nationalized in 1938, symbolizing Mexico's control over its oil industry
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Cristero War
armed conflict from 1926-1929 in Mexico, opposing the anti-religious measures of the government, bc of dimension in Church power, called was president during this time frame
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PRI
revolutionary institutional party founded in 1929, dominated Mexican politics until 2000
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Marine occupation
foreign occupation of Mexican port cities during the revolution, reflecting foreign interest in the region
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1968 Olympics in Mexico City
US athletes called attention to racism in the US and government massacred 100s of people bc they were protesting against racism

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