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History 06

History of the Americas II

Prof. Valadez

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• 20th century Revolutions

• The transition from neocolonialism to nationalism

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Nicolas Guillen

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The Downfall of Diaz • 1900 Regeneracion, Mexico City

• 1906 Liberal Plan by Flores Magon Brothers

• 1908 The Creelman Interview – Diaz welcomes opposition

• 1910

– La sucesion presidencial en 1910, Anti-Re-electionist Party

– Madero issues a call to arms against Diaz

• 1911 Ciudad Juarez is taken by Pascual Orozco/Villa forces

– Treaty of Ciudad Juarez- Diaz resigns

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Mexican Revolution 1910

• Mexican Revolution

– The Overthrow of the Porfiriato

– Revolution to Civil War

– Constructive Phase

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The Revolt at Ciudad Juarez, 1910

• 1911 Ciudad Juarez is taken by Pascual Orozco/Villa forces

• Treaty of Ciudad Juarez- Diaz resigns

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“Madero has unleashed a tiger, now let us see if he can control it.”

Porfirio Diaz

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Revolution Military Phase 1911-1920

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Ricardo Flores Magón

Enrique Flores Magón

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Mexico Revolution video clip

• The Storm That Swept Mexico

• Villa & Zapata 10 mins • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQqLeNJ07c0&feature=relmfu

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Revolution Military Phase 1911-1920

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Victoriano Huerta

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Zapata

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Pancho Villa

Meeting between Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata

Presidential Palace, Mexico City 1914

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Venustiano Carranza

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• Alvaro Obregon

1917 Constitution

• 1917 Constitution

– Article 3 education

– Article 27 land restoration

– Article 123 workers rights

– No vice president

– President no re-election

– No official religion

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Aftermath of the Mexican Revolution • About 2 million deaths

• 1917 Constitution

– Increase in nationalism

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Augusto Sandino • Nicaraguan

• Inspired by Mexican Revolution

• War against govt Somoza & U.S.

• Sandinsimo, symbol of resistance in

• Latin America

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• Uruguay President 1911-1915

• Greatest national reformer

• Batllismo

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Argentina

• Hipolito Yrigoyen

• Man of the people

Peru

• Victor Manuel Haya de la Torre

• Influence by Mexican Revolution

• Indigenismo

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Porfirato 1876-1910

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Mexican Muralist Movements

• Jose Vasconcelos

– Artist served the Revolution

• Diego Rivera

• Jose Clemente Orozco

• David Alfaro Siqueiros

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Mexican Muralists

• Diego Rivera

– Indian motifs

– Europeans vilified

• Frida Kahlo

– human suffering

2010

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1935

History of

Mexico

National

Palace

Agrarian Leader

Zapata , 1931

La Civilizacion

Tarasca, 1950

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1930s Man at the Crossroads

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Self-portrait on the Borderline Between Mexico and the United States, 1932 The Two Fridas, 1939

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Cortes and Malinche 1926 Jose Clemente Orozco

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Hospicio Cabañas Guadalajara, Mexico

1933 Orozco Mural at Dartmouth College

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David A. Siqueiros

• From the Dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz to the Revolution—The Revolutionaries by

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Tropical America 1932

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