NY State Curriculum Notes     

Latin America: The failure of democracy and the search for stability

1. Human and physical geography

2. Roles of social classes: land-holding elite, creoles, mestizos, native peoples, and slaves

3. Roles of the Church and military

4. Role of cash crop economies in a global market

5. The Mexican Revolution (1910-1930)

   a. Cause and effect

   b. Roles of Porfirio Diaz, Francisco “Pancho” Villa, and Emiliano Zapata

6. Economic and social nationalism

• What were the perspectives of various social classes on the revolutions in Latin America?

• What role did peasants play in the Mexican Revolution?

• How successful was this revolution?

• What role did nationalism play in this revolution?

 

Historical Resources	Important Individuals/Primary Sources
Latin American Studies Website Postcards of the Mexican Revolution The Mexican Revolution: Conflict in Matamoros Revolts Against Colonial Rule in Latin America in the Early Nineteenth Century	Miguel Hidalgo’s Call for Mexican Independence  Francisco Madero: The Plan of San Luis Potosi, November 20, 1910 José María Morelos: Decree Concerning the War of the Castes the Charlotte and Maximilian Collection Father Miguel Hidalgo Edict Against Slavery Appeal to Creoles of San Luis Potosí Pancho Villa Home Page EMILIANO ZAPATA 1879 - 1919