https://padlet.com/557738/5la6xg04y7c7 fun time fun en-us 2019-04-01 16:17:13 UTC 2025-11-05 00:55:35 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Watchclock.png 557738 https://padlet.com/557738/5la6xg04y7c7/wish/347267636 John Ernst Steinbeck Jr. was born February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) and was an American author. He won the 1962 Nobel Peace Prize "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception." He has been called "a giant of American letters," and many of his works are considered classics of Western literature.]]> 2019-04-01 16:22:43 UTC https://padlet.com/557738/5la6xg04y7c7/wish/347267636 557738 https://padlet.com/557738/5la6xg04y7c7/wish/347269328 2019-04-01 16:25:03 UTC https://padlet.com/557738/5la6xg04y7c7/wish/347269328 557738 https://padlet.com/557738/5la6xg04y7c7/wish/347280031 The Porfiriato is the era when army hero Porfirio Díaz held power as president of Mexico almost continuously from 1876–1911. He promoted "order and progress" that saw the suppression of violence, modernization of the economy, and the flow of foreign investment to the country. The period ended with the outbreak of the Mexican Revolution in 1910. Under Díaz, Mexico's industry and infrastructure were modernized by a strong, stable but autocratic central government. Increased tax revenues and better administration brought dramatic improvements in public safety, public health, railways, mining, industry, foreign trade, and national finances. The Mexican Revolution is the chaotic period between 1910 and 1920 when Mexicans fought to determine their future after the end of the Díaz era. The uncertainty about presidential succession in 1910, when 80 year-old Díaz was re-elected in clearly fraudulent elections, touched off violence in northern Mexico and in the state of Morelos, just south of Mexico City. The sparking forces of the Mexican Revolution were elites outside Díaz's inner circle, such as wealthy estate-owner Francisco I. Madero, plus liberal intellectuals, as well as industrial labor activists and peasants seeking land. Díaz was ousted by force of arms by rebel fighters and went into exile in 1911. Madero was democratically elected later in the year, but was overthrown in February 1913 by reactionary forces, with General Victoriano Huerta seizing power. Anti-Huerta forces in the north of Mexico unified under northern politician and landowner Venustiano Carranza, the leader of the Constitutionalist faction. In Morelos, peasants under Emiliano Zapata independently also opposed Huerta. The conflict was not politically or militarily unified, and violence did not occur in all parts of the country.]]> 2019-04-01 16:44:13 UTC https://padlet.com/557738/5la6xg04y7c7/wish/347280031 557738 https://padlet.com/557738/5la6xg04y7c7/wish/347281214 2019-04-01 16:46:24 UTC https://padlet.com/557738/5la6xg04y7c7/wish/347281214 557738 https://padlet.com/557738/5la6xg04y7c7/wish/347281812 2019-04-01 16:47:31 UTC https://padlet.com/557738/5la6xg04y7c7/wish/347281812 557738 https://padlet.com/557738/5la6xg04y7c7/wish/347281993 2019-04-01 16:47:46 UTC https://padlet.com/557738/5la6xg04y7c7/wish/347281993