Question 1

The constitution of 1917

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A)  reflected Carranza's conservative social and political views. 
B)  reflected the views of the radical majority of delegates to the convention. 
C)  represented a mixture of conservative and radical articles. 
D)  made large concessions to attract foreign investment in Mexico. 
A)  reflected Carranza's conservative social and political views. 
B)  reflected the views of the radical majority of delegates to the convention. 
C)  represented a mixture of conservative and radical articles. 
D)  made large concessions to attract foreign investment in Mexico.

Question 2

Women's equal right to vote and hold office, based upon their participation in the revolution, was a view expressed by

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A)  Francisco Madero. 
B)  Inez Malváez. 
C)  Sara Madero. 
D)  Hermila Galinda de Topete. 
A)  Francisco Madero. 
B)  Inez Malváez. 
C)  Sara Madero. 
D)  Hermila Galinda de Topete.

Question 3

Luis Echeverría's government was distinguished for its

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A)  populist policies that discriminated against foreign investors. 
B)  subservience to U.S. foreign policy interests and objectives. 
C)  commitment to social justice and the elimination of poverty. 
D)  use of populist rhetoric to disguise a "dirty war" against political opponents. 
A)  populist policies that discriminated against foreign investors. 
B)  subservience to U.S. foreign policy interests and objectives. 
C)  commitment to social justice and the elimination of poverty. 
D)  use of populist rhetoric to disguise a "dirty war" against political opponents.

Question 4

Obregón and Calles both supported indigenista art because it sought

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A)  national unity based upon a celebration of Mexico's distinct indigenous traditions. 
B)  recognition of indigenous communities' right to self-determination. 
C)  eradication of racist discrimination against indigenous people. 
D)  abolition of Mexico's cultural connection to Spain. 
A)  national unity based upon a celebration of Mexico's distinct indigenous traditions. 
B)  recognition of indigenous communities' right to self-determination. 
C)  eradication of racist discrimination against indigenous people. 
D)  abolition of Mexico's cultural connection to Spain.

Question 5

What roles did women play in the Mexican Revolution and how did this affect their struggle for equal rights?

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During the Mexican Revolution, women pla

Question 6

Agrarian reform during the governments of Obregón and Calles was designed to

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A)  destroy the latifundio and radically redistribute land to the landless. 
B)  relieve peasant discontent without damaging the interests of large landowners. 
C)  promote the expansion of peasant subsistence agriculture. 
D)  satisfy the revolutionary demands of Emiliano Zapata. 
A)  destroy the latifundio and radically redistribute land to the landless. 
B)  relieve peasant discontent without damaging the interests of large landowners. 
C)  promote the expansion of peasant subsistence agriculture. 
D)  satisfy the revolutionary demands of Emiliano Zapata.

Question 7

Obregón and Calles proposed to

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A)  lay the foundations of a Mexican national capitalism. 
B)  establish a socialist (but not communist) economy. 
C)  create a mixed economy-part socialist, part capitalist. 
D)  create a state capitalism based on government ownership of mines and utilities. 
A)  lay the foundations of a Mexican national capitalism. 
B)  establish a socialist (but not communist) economy. 
C)  create a mixed economy-part socialist, part capitalist. 
D)  create a state capitalism based on government ownership of mines and utilities.

Question 8

PLM leaders Camilo Arriaga and Dolores Jiménez organized Mexico City's Complot de Tacubaya, an urban revolt that

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A)  championed the rights of the poor and brought Porfirio Díaz to power. 
B)  denounced Francisco Madero for ignoring the interests of Mexican workers and women. 
C)  demanded indigenous rights, land reform, eight-hour day, and equal pay for equal work. 
D)  reflected the urban interests of Mexico's new national bourgeoisie that opposed Díaz. 
A)  championed the rights of the poor and brought Porfirio Díaz to power. 
B)  denounced Francisco Madero for ignoring the interests of Mexican workers and women. 
C)  demanded indigenous rights, land reform, eight-hour day, and equal pay for equal work. 
D)  reflected the urban interests of Mexico's new national bourgeoisie that opposed Díaz.

Question 9

Cárdenas's successors in the presidency

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A)  continued his program of social and economic reform. 
B)  pursued a development strategy that favored capitalists over peasants and workers. 
C)  accelerated the pace of land distribution. 
D)  pursued policies that favored large landowners over peasants. 
A)  continued his program of social and economic reform. 
B)  pursued a development strategy that favored capitalists over peasants and workers. 
C)  accelerated the pace of land distribution. 
D)  pursued policies that favored large landowners over peasants.

Question 10

Cárdenas's successors in the presidency

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A)  supported U.S. intervention in Cuba. 
B)  continued Cárdenas's posture of independence in foreign policy. 
C)  accepted U.S. leadership in the cold war. 
D)  recognized the Franco government in Spain. 
A)  supported U.S. intervention in Cuba. 
B)  continued Cárdenas's posture of independence in foreign policy. 
C)  accepted U.S. leadership in the cold war. 
D)  recognized the Franco government in Spain.

Question 11

The Constitution of 1917

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A)  gave women the right to vote. 
B)  allowed women who owned land to vote. 
C)  denied women the right to vote. 
D)  denied women the right to work. 
A)  gave women the right to vote. 
B)  allowed women who owned land to vote. 
C)  denied women the right to vote. 
D)  denied women the right to work.

Question 12

How did rock music affect Mexican politics and popular culture?

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Rock music has had a significant impact

Question 13

The women's movement in Mexico was frequently divided over issues of

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A)  indigenous rights. 
B)  class. 
C)  gay rights. 
D)  women's suffrage. 
A)  indigenous rights. 
B)  class. 
C)  gay rights. 
D)  women's suffrage.

Question 14

Mexican women received the right to vote in

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A)  1917 after Hermila Galindo de Topete delivered an impassioned speech on the floor of the Constitutional Convention. 
B)  1928 when President Plutarco Elías Calles signed the controversial amendment to the 1917 Constitution. 
C)  1937 when Lázaro Cárdenas supported Constitutional reform "to grant equal rights." 
D)  1953 when a conservative Institutional Revolutionary Party had reached a modus vivendi with the Catholic Church. 
A)  1917 after Hermila Galindo de Topete delivered an impassioned speech on the floor of the Constitutional Convention. 
B)  1928 when President Plutarco Elías Calles signed the controversial amendment to the 1917 Constitution. 
C)  1937 when Lázaro Cárdenas supported Constitutional reform "to grant equal rights." 
D)  1953 when a conservative Institutional Revolutionary Party had reached a modus vivendi with the Catholic Church.

Question 15

The power of Mexico's ruling party, the PRI, rested on

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A)  a system of institutionalized coercion and fraud. 
B)  the paternalistic distribution of favors to the poor. 
C)  the incorporation of dissidents into the state apparatus. 
D)  popular identification of the PRI with Mexican nationalism. 
A)  a system of institutionalized coercion and fraud. 
B)  the paternalistic distribution of favors to the poor. 
C)  the incorporation of dissidents into the state apparatus. 
D)  popular identification of the PRI with Mexican nationalism.

Question 16

President Woodrow Wilson's hostility toward Huerta above all reflected his

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A)  moral indignation at Huerta's illegal seizure of power. 
B)  conviction that Huerta could not secure the stability required by U.S. interests in Mexico. 
C)  anger over the arrest of U.S. sailors in Tampico. 
D)  dissatisfaction with Huerta's failure to pay the interest on Mexico's foreign debt. 
A)  moral indignation at Huerta's illegal seizure of power. 
B)  conviction that Huerta could not secure the stability required by U.S. interests in Mexico. 
C)  anger over the arrest of U.S. sailors in Tampico. 
D)  dissatisfaction with Huerta's failure to pay the interest on Mexico's foreign debt.

Question 17

"Cuca" García was a

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A)  feminist arrested in 1932 for accusing the government of murdering campesinos and neglecting poor peasant women. 
B)  leader of the rural literacy crusades that virtually eliminated illiteracy in the Mexican countryside. 
C)  moderate, middle class feminist who was content to secure limited political rights for women. 
D)  talented feminist whose own artistic genius was eclipsed by her marriage to Diego Rivera, a famous Mexican muralist. 
A)  feminist arrested in 1932 for accusing the government of murdering campesinos and neglecting poor peasant women. 
B)  leader of the rural literacy crusades that virtually eliminated illiteracy in the Mexican countryside. 
C)  moderate, middle class feminist who was content to secure limited political rights for women. 
D)  talented feminist whose own artistic genius was eclipsed by her marriage to Diego Rivera, a famous Mexican muralist.

The constitution of 1917

Women's equal right to vote and hold office, based upon their participation in the revolution, was a view expressed by

Luis Echeverría's government was distinguished for its

Obregón and Calles both supported indigenista art because it sought

What roles did women play in the Mexican Revolution and how did this affect their struggle for equal rights?

Agrarian reform during the governments of Obregón and Calles was designed to

Obregón and Calles proposed to

PLM leaders Camilo Arriaga and Dolores Jiménez organized Mexico City's Complot de Tacubaya, an urban revolt that

Cárdenas's successors in the presidency

Cárdenas's successors in the presidency

The Constitution of 1917

How did rock music affect Mexican politics and popular culture?

The women's movement in Mexico was frequently divided over issues of

Mexican women received the right to vote in

The power of Mexico's ruling party, the PRI, rested on

President Woodrow Wilson's hostility toward Huerta above all reflected his

"Cuca" García was a

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Exam 4: Forging a New Nation: the Mexican Revolution and the Populist Challenge

The constitution of 1917

Women's equal right to vote and hold office, based upon their participation in the revolution, was a view expressed by

Luis Echeverría's government was distinguished for its

Obregón and Calles both supported indigenista art because it sought

What roles did women play in the Mexican Revolution and how did this affect their struggle for equal rights?

Agrarian reform during the governments of Obregón and Calles was designed to

Obregón and Calles proposed to

PLM leaders Camilo Arriaga and Dolores Jiménez organized Mexico City's Complot de Tacubaya, an urban revolt that

Cárdenas's successors in the presidency

Cárdenas's successors in the presidency

The Constitution of 1917

How did rock music affect Mexican politics and popular culture?

The women's movement in Mexico was frequently divided over issues of

Mexican women received the right to vote in

The power of Mexico's ruling party, the PRI, rested on

President Woodrow Wilson's hostility toward Huerta above all reflected his

"Cuca" García was a

Decolonization and the Search for National Identities, 1821-1870

Race, Nation, and the Meaning of Freedom, 1821-1888

The Triumph of Neocolonialism and the Liberal State, 1870-1900

Brazil: Populism and the Struggle for Democracy in a Multiracial Society

Argentina: Populism, the Military, and the Struggle for Democracy

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Lands of Bolívar: Military Crisis, State Repression, and Popular Democracy

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