Community land for agriculture where individuals or individual families farma specific portion of land
What is ejidos
100
a widespread struggle in many central-western Mexican states against the secularist, anti-Catholic, and anticlerical policies of the Mexican government. The rebellion was set off by enactment under President Plutarco Elías Calles of a statute to enforce the anticlerical articles of the Mexican Constitution of 1917 (also known as the Calles Law)
What is Cristeros
100
Owner of a hacienda, a Spanish estate of significant size with plantations, factories or mines, and somethimes all three. Cardenas wanted to break them up, in favor of ejidos.
What is hacendado
100
women in the military who participated in the conflict of the Mexican Revolution, ranging from commanding officers to combatants to camp followers.
What is soldaderas
200
labour reform
What is article 123
200
In response to the 1917 Constitution a labour convention was held and craft unions joined together to form this organization. Originally formed under Carranza, Obregon was the first to use the union as a wide base of support for his presidency.
What is Regional Confederation of Mexico Workers (CROM)
200
Six-year period in Mexico where Calles ruled Mexico behind the scenes through three "puppet" presidents.
What is Maximato
200
a Mexican political party that held power in the country for 71 years, first as the National Revolutionary Party (PRN), then as the Party of the Mexican Revolution
What is PRI
200
the 1st Minister of Education
What is Vasconcelos
300
Church reform
What is articles 24 & 130
300
Obregon once said "no general can resist a cannon shot of 50 thousand pesos." He gave them what they wanted (tax breaks, government positions, or money) so they wouldn't build any oppostion.
What is military
300
The influence he had with CROM eventually ended as he and other CROM leaders gained wealth and influence while none of these benefits trickles down to the labourers of Mexico
What is Luis Morones
300
Cardenas nationalized this
What is oil
300
prominent Mexican painter. His large frescoes helped establish the Mexican Mural Movement in Mexican art. Between 1922 and 1953, he painted murals among others in Mexico City, Chapingo, Cuernavaca, San Francisco, Detroit, and New York City. Married to Frida Kahlo
What is Rivera
400
Education reform
What is article 3
400
Obregon increased his influence and controithin the country when he made an alliance with this entity. Strikes went to an all time low during his tenure. They also had a political voice locally and nationally in Mexico.
What is labour
400
Calles time in office was dominated by his struggle with this entity
What is Catholic Church
400
Cardenas' populist ideas and leadership, as he truly attempted to enforce the major concepts of the 1917 Constitution.
What is Cardenismo
400
known for being a politically committed artist and promoted the political causes of peasants and workers
What is Orozco
500
The opposition to the Constitution of 1917 came in the form of these 3 entities
Catholic church, foreign companies, land owners
500
Obregon needed foreign recognition to establish legitimacy for his government, but he could not allow his populace to feel that were taking advantage of Mexico. It hinged on the outcomes of these talks between U.S. and Mexico. Britian wouldn't recognize Obregon's gov't until the U.S. did.
What is Bucareli Accords
500
a statute enacted in 1926 under Calles, to enforce the restrictions against the Catholic Church in Article 130 of the Mexican Constitution of 1917. Article 130 declared that the church and state are to remain separate. It required all "churches and religious groupings" to register with the state and placed restrictions on priests and ministers of all religion
What is Calles Law
500
called for destruction of the hacienda economy and creation of a collective system of ejidos (common lands);
modern secular schools to teach scientific doctrines and eradicate the influence of the Catholic Church; and
workers' cooperatives to oppose the excesses of industrial capitalism
What is Six-year plan
500
He was a Marxist-Leninist in support of Stalin and a member of the Mexican Communist Party who participated in an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Leon Trotsky in May 1940