Mexico by Casey Bender https://padlet.com/caseylynn1300/h766vb76vkvi Independence, Dictators, and Modern Issues en-us 2017-04-27 15:07:51 UTC 2025-10-30 14:56:54 UTC hello@padlet.com Free Trade-NAFTA bheagy333 https://padlet.com/caseylynn1300/h766vb76vkvi/wish/168892568 *Low Tarrifs 
*no restrictions
*Mexico, Canada, and US signed NAFTA
*set up common market of about 400 million consumers
*ended most tarrifs on goods]]> 2017-04-28 14:35:04 UTC https://padlet.com/caseylynn1300/h766vb76vkvi/wish/168892568 Porfirio Diaz ashlynraekrueger https://padlet.com/caseylynn1300/h766vb76vkvi/wish/168892728 *Dictator from 1876-1911
*Motto: "Order & Progress"
*Tried to strengthen and modernize Mexico by programs
*Invited foreigners to build railroads and develop mines.
*Strong police system
*Harsh life for most citizens.
*90% of peasants had no land
*Large estates were worked on with low pay
*People on edge of starvation

]]> 2017-04-28 14:35:39 UTC https://padlet.com/caseylynn1300/h766vb76vkvi/wish/168892728 Foreign Investment bheagy333 https://padlet.com/caseylynn1300/h766vb76vkvi/wish/168893645 *free trade attracted foreign investment
*created new jobs
*other worried about growing role of U.S and Japan in Mexico]]> 2017-04-28 14:38:46 UTC https://padlet.com/caseylynn1300/h766vb76vkvi/wish/168893645 PRI hannahrobinson550 https://padlet.com/caseylynn1300/h766vb76vkvi/wish/168895080 * Institutional Revolutionary Party
*dominated government since 1992 up until 
*they were helping industrialists, middle class, farmers and workers]]> 2017-04-28 14:43:57 UTC https://padlet.com/caseylynn1300/h766vb76vkvi/wish/168895080 Zapatistas hannahrobinson550 https://padlet.com/caseylynn1300/h766vb76vkvi/wish/168895761 *small rebel
*based in Mexican state of Chiapas
*wanted greater rights for Native people]]> 2017-04-28 14:46:07 UTC https://padlet.com/caseylynn1300/h766vb76vkvi/wish/168895761 1910 Revolution ashlynraekrueger https://padlet.com/caseylynn1300/h766vb76vkvi/wish/168897007 *Anger against Diaz exploded.
*Middle class, peasants, and workers tried to overthrow him.
*Almost 11 years long
-1 million Mexicans died fighting
*In the end it made Mexico more democratic.
*1917 new constitution = land for peasants, protection of workers rights, limiting power of Roman Catholic Church, and controllment of resources by the govt.

]]> 2017-04-28 14:50:26 UTC https://padlet.com/caseylynn1300/h766vb76vkvi/wish/168897007 Current Event caseylynn1300 https://padlet.com/caseylynn1300/h766vb76vkvi/wish/169312581   Mexico's foreign minister says Mexico will not be paying for the wall and call it a hostile act. both  presidents have met and talked about payments. The relations between Mexico and the US have been greatly affected since we were close trading partners.
 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/25/trump-border-wall-mexico-talks-tough-funding]]> 2017-05-02 01:06:12 UTC https://padlet.com/caseylynn1300/h766vb76vkvi/wish/169312581 Map of Mexico caseylynn1300 https://padlet.com/caseylynn1300/h766vb76vkvi/wish/169786486 2017-05-03 19:55:03 UTC https://padlet.com/caseylynn1300/h766vb76vkvi/wish/169786486 Maquiladoras caseylynn1300 https://padlet.com/caseylynn1300/h766vb76vkvi/wish/169787074 *Factories that operate under tariffs by Mexico and the United States
*Items can be shipped into the US for lower tariff costs
*these items can enter mexico for free

]]> 2017-05-03 19:57:20 UTC https://padlet.com/caseylynn1300/h766vb76vkvi/wish/169787074 Maquiladora caseylynn1300 https://padlet.com/caseylynn1300/h766vb76vkvi/wish/169789919 2017-05-03 20:10:03 UTC https://padlet.com/caseylynn1300/h766vb76vkvi/wish/169789919