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Know these names and terms from our video series about Mexico's history.

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Hacendados   Wealthy Mexican landowners  
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Padre Miguel Hidalgo   Began the movement for Mexican Independence in 1810  
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Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna   President of Mexico during the Mexican American War  
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Benito Juarez   Mexico's first Indian president, 1858- 1872  
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Manifest Destiny   The American idea that it was our right and destiny to expand westward to the Pacific  
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Napoleon III   The French leader who invaded Mexico in 1862  
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Maximilian   Austrian relative of Napoleon III who was installed as Mexico's emperor in 1864  
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo   Ended the Mexican American War on February 2, 1848, gave the U.S. approximately 1/2 of Mexico  
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Porfirio Diaz   Mexico's president/dictator from 1876- 1911, known for modernizing Mexico and oppressing the poor  
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Rurales   Porfirio Diaz' police force  
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Francisco Madero   Ran against Porfirio Diaz in the 1910 elections, then called for a revolution to fight for "Land and Liberty"  
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Tierra y Libertad   The "lema" of Francisco Madero  
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Pancho Villa   A leader of the Mexican Revolution from the north, an outlaw whose real name was Doroteo Arango  
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Emiliano Zapata   A leader of the Mexican Revolution from the south who fought for land reform  
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PRI   Mexico's main political party  
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1810   Father Hidalgo started the movement for independence from Spain  
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1910   Francisco Madero ran against Porfirio Diaz for president. The election was a fraud.  
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Agustin de Iturbide   Mexico's first emperor after winning its independence  
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criollo   someone born in Mexico to Spanish parents  
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mestizo   someone with mixed Spanish and Indian parents or ancestors  
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peninsular   someone born in Spain to Spanish parents  
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el Grito de Dolores   Father Hidalgo's "lema"  
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Porfiriato   The time that Diaz was president is referred to as this.  
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Tenochtitlan   The city built by the Aztecs, now Mexico City  
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Huizlilipochtitli   The Aztec god of the sun and war  
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1519   The year Hernan Cortes invaded Mexico  
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Tlaxcala tribe   Indians who helped to conquer the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan  
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Constitution of 1917   created a government with three branches, similar to that of the US  
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Soldadera   a female soldier of the Revolution of 1910  
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Victoriano Huerta   The leader of the palace guards who had Francisco Madero and his VP shot, then took over as president of Mexico  
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General Scott   American general who invaded Mexico City  
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5 de mayo   the date when the French were defeated at Puebla in 1862  
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James Polk   The American president during the Mexican American war, famous for his support of the idea of Manifest Destiny  
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Remember the Alamo   An American grito meant to gain support for the annexation and Independence of Texas  
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20 de noviembre   The date recognized as the beginning of the Revolucion of 1910  
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