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Mexican Revolution
Beginning of Epic Revolution, triggered by unrest amongst peasants and urban workers, who are led by Emiliano Zapata. -
End of the Porfiriato
Mexico's dictator, Porfirio Diaz, is overthrown. The new president is Francisco Madero, a liberal. Madero introduces land reform and labour legislation. Political unrest continues with Zapata leading a peasant revolt in the south. -
Madero was assassinated
Madero is assassinated. Victoriano Huerta seizes power. -
Victoriano Huerta
Huerta resigns. He is viewed with suspicion by the United States for his alleged pro-German sympathies. Huerta is succeeded by Venustiano Carranza. -
Francisco Villa
US forces cross the border in pursuit of the guerrilla leader Francisco "Pancho" Villa. -
New Constitution
US forces withdraw, having failed to kill Villa. A new constitution is adopted, which is designed to ensure permanent democracy in Mexico. -
The Great Depression
Causes: After The Great War, Europe was left with a very bad economic situation, where it made the rest of the world and big economies such as United States to make loans, but after this a bad situation was presented to the US asweel leading to the economic crisis. -
Carranza
Carranza is murdered. Civil war follows. -
Plan Saltillo
A document that denied completely Alvaro’s Obregon government and it canceled all reforms and actions realized during his period and it also gave the complete power of the nation to Francisco Murguía. -
The New Deal
Causes: stock market, great depression which was started with the Crash Market in 1929, war, unemployment and huge bankrupt.
Consequences: Investment in public work, civil uplift and economic recovery. -
Church Reform
A reform against church were government prohibited church to practice mass and other types of rituals and it also demanded the church to allowed the government to get involved into the private aspects, government didn't give church a legal personality, it limited the number of priests and it also persecuted catholic church, lead to the guerra cristera later on. -
Mein Kampf is published
Adolf Hitler was in jail because he protested against the government, consequence during the dictatorship of Hitler all germans have to read his book to got the ideologies of nazism -
Guerra Cristera
Causes: government trying to limit the number of priests, government did not recognize legal personality to the Catholic Church, Plutarco Elías Calles wanted to make reforms to Article 130 of the Constitution, persecuting the Catholic Church -
PRI
The National Revolutionary Party is formed. In 1946 it is re-named the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI. -
PEMEX
President Lazaro Cardenas begins programme of oil nationalisation, land reform and industrial expansion. -
Spanish Civil War
Corruption was huge, several social tensions, monarchists, there were people who wanted a republic and they were anti-clerical and that people hoped to reform Spanish society.
Consequences: Spain was destructed, republicans were put into concentration camps and spanish economy was devastated -
WWII
The World War two was an event that market history because it is characterised for a massive violation of the human rights and a great destruction of complete nations and economies -
Trotsky is assassinated
Trotsky, a very important russian for communism (the left hand of Lenin) its killed in Mexico, probably by order of Stalin. The consequence is that the communist party dont have leadership and finally get disintegrated. -
Mexico during WWII
Mexico agrees to pay U.S. oil companies $24 million, plus interest, for properties expropriated in 1938. -
The D-Day
Because of the forces were considering the probability of a bigger Allied invasion across the English Channel.
Consequences: It caused the allies to get liberated of the western europe from Germany’s control. -
Creation of the United Nations
In San Francisco
Purpose: maintain security and peace all around the world. Protection of human dignity
Cause: World War II, failure of the league of nations -
The Cold War
The conflicts caused by the war between the superpowers that where us and soviet union led to the decision of going to war to resolve the conflict.
Consequences: Russian economy suffered, huge social tensions around the world and political problems. -
Cuban Revolution
Batista reelect himself in 1953, the consequence is that Cuba government change into communism. This process takes 6 years of war to finish and with Castro as president. -
Tlatelolco
Student demonstration in Tlatelolco, Mexico City, during the Olympic Games is fired upon by Mexican security forces. Hundreds of protestors are killed or wounded. The extent of the violence shocks the country. -
Oil
Huge offshore oil reserves discovered; the Cantarell field becomes the mainstay of Mexico's oil production.
