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1910 - 1920
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Overthrow Diaz's regime
1911
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Madero's troops, under protection of Pancho Villa and Pascual Orozco attack federal troops in Ciudad Juárez; hundreds watch from rooftops and train cars. Battle lasts 3 days
Having lost, Diaz flees to Paris, France.
1912
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Madero assigs Pancho Villa and Victoriano Huerta to combat Orozco's rebels
1913
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Huerta joins Felix Diaz and Bernardo Reyes in planning a coup against Madero. In Mexico City, the forces of Huerta, Diaz, and Reyes attack Madero's army.
1916
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Invades Columbus, New Mexico
U.S. sends the National Guard to the border
1917
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Based on 1857 Constitution
Presidents and officeholders cannot run for reelection
Power of Church is limited
Foreigners cannot own Mexican land or resources
Haciendas are broken up with compensation
1934 - 2013
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1938
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Nationalized oil industry
Encouraged rapid economic growth and industrialization
1946
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Put in place by Camacho
1950
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Repressed by force
1953
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Women get to vote for federal elections
1960
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Repressed by force
1968
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Students and civilians protested the government's actions, and listen peacefully to speachees, gathered in the Plaza de las Tres Culturas; they, as well as the bystanders, were killed by Mexican government employees.
1975
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Beginning of the modern women's movement
Protests against the "macho" Mexican culture
Began with 1975 kick off of International Women's Year
1985 - 1988
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The PRI rigged presidential elections; opposition had 900 demonstrations to protest the fraud/cheating.
1989
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Opposition seizes over one hundred town halls to protest the electoral fraud.
1994
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North American Free Trade Agreement
Trilateral trade between the United States, Mexico, and Canada
1997
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Completely independent election supervising entity
1887 - 1911
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Dictator
Encouraged foreign exploitation of natural wealth
Mexico becomes a metropolis
First to introduce nonreelection
1910 - 1919
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Hero of southern peasants
Redistribution of agrarian land
Liberation Army of the South (Zapatistas)
Assassinated
1910 - 1923
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Hero of rural north
Feared by politicians especially if they lost his support
Invaded the U.S.
Assassinated
1911 - 1913
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Assassinated
1913 - 1914
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Driven from Mexico
Hated by U.S. and Mexicans
1914 - 1920
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Assassinated
Made 1917 Constitution
1920 - 1928
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1928 - 1935
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Helps to create the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI)
1934 - 1940
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President
Mobilized peasants
ejidos- collective farms
encouraged worker unions
Supported the constitution
Nationalized oil
Withdrew after his term as President; end of active political life
1982 - 1988
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Market-oriented President
High unemployment and interest rates
1988 - 1994
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Won election because of fraud/deceit
Corruption and repression: authorities regularly tortured and occasionally killed
Continued market-oriented policies
1994 - 2000
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Won election fairly
Financial Crisis
Scandals lead to loss of PRI's popularity
2000 - 2006
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End of PRI "reign"
Political party: PAN
Often criticized for his actions and choice of words
2006 - 2012
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Political Party: PAN
PRD threatened to not allow him to take the oath of office
Tortilla Price Stabilization Pact
First Employment Program
2012 - present
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Political Party: PRI
Before and after his inauguration, protesters rioted outside the national palace; clashing with Federal Police