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12th Grade
04/18/2010

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Third World:
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term fornations not among the capitalist industrial nations of the 1st world and the industrialized communist nations of the 2nd world.
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Francisco Madero:
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moderate democratic Mexican reformer; challenged Porfiío Díaz in 1910 and initiated a revolution after losing fraudulent elections; assassinated in 1913.
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Pancho Villa:
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Mexican revolutionary leader in northern Mexico after 1910.
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Emiliano Zapata:
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Mexican revolutionary commander of a guerrilla movement centered at Morelos; demanded sweeping land reform.
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Victoriano Huerta:
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gained power in Mexico after the death of Madero in 1913; forced from power in 1914.
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Alvaro Obregón:
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became leader of Mexican government in 1915; elected president in 1920.
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Mexican Constitution of 1917:
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promised land and educational reform, limited foreign ownership, guaranteed rights for workers, and restricted clerical education and property ownership.
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Lázaro Cárdenas:
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Mexican president (1934-1940); responsible for large land redistribution to create communal farms; also began program of primary and rural education.
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Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco:
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Mexican artists working after the Mexican Revolution; famous for wall murals on public buildings that mixed images of the Indian past with Christian and communist themes.
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corridos:
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popular ballads written to celebrate heroes of the Mexican Revolution.
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Cristeros:
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conservative peasant movement in Mexico during the 1920s; a reaction against secularism.
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Party of Institutionalized Revolution (PRI):
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inclusive Mexican political party developing from the 1920s; ruled for the rest of the 20th century.
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North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA):
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agreement between the U.S., Mexico, and Canada that lowered trade barriers.
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Victor Raul Haya de la Torre:
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Peruvian politician; created the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance in 1924; gained power in 1985.
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Getúlio Vargas:
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became president of Brazil following a contested election of 1929; led an authoritarian state until deposed in 1945; became president again in 1950.
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Juan Perón:
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dominant authoritarian and populist leader in Argentina from the mid-1940s; driven into exile in 1955; returned and elected president in 1973; died in 1974.
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Eva Duarte (Evita):
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wife of Juan Perón; the regime’s spokesperson among the lower social classes.
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Juan José Arevalo:
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reformist president of Guatemala elected in 1944; his programs led to conflict with foreign interests.
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United Fruit Company:
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most important foreign company in Guatemala; 1993 nationalization effort of some of its land holdings caused a U.S. reaction.
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Fulgencio Batista:
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authoritarian ruler of Cuba (1934-1944).
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Fidel Castro
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revolutionary leader who replaced Batista in 1958; reformed Cuban society with socialist measures; supported economically and politically by the Soviet Union until its collapse.
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Liberation Theology:
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combination of Roman Catholic and socialist principles aiming to improve the lives of the poor.
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Salvado Allende:
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Chilean socialist president; overthrown by a military coup in 1973.
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Banana republics:
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conservative, often dictatorial, Latin American governments friendly to the U.S.; exported tropical products.
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Good Neighbor Policy
Definition
introduced by U.S. president Franklin Roosevelt in 1933 to deal fairly, without intervention, with Latin American states.
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Alliance for Progress
Definition
1961 U.S. program for economic development of Latin America.
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