AP Comp Gov - Mexico

145151830	Bracero Program	WWII program that allowed millions of cans to work temporarily in the US
145151831	Caciques	local military strongmen
145151832	Calderon, Felipe	Mexico's current president, elected in 2006
145151833	Camarillas	vast informal networks of personal royalty that operate as powerful political cliques
145151834	Cardenas, Lazaro	Mexican President from 1934 to 1940 who implemented a radical program of land reform and nationalized Mexican oil companies
145151835	Carranza, Venustiano	The Mexican Rev leader who eventually restored political order, ended the Rev's violence and defeated more radical challenges of Zapata and Villa
145151836	Caudillos	national military strongmen
145151837	Chamber of Deputies	The lower house of Mexico's legislature
145151838	Confederation of Mexican Workers	Mexico's dominant trade union confederation that was a main pillar of the PRIs authoritarian regime
145151839	Congress	Mexico's bicameral legislature
145151840	Constitution of 1917	Doc est by the Mexican Rev that continues to regulate Mexico's political regime
145151841	Cortes, Hernan	Spanish conqueror of Mexico
145151842	Criollos	Mexican-born descendants of Spaniards during the period of Spanish colonial rule
145151843	cuauhtemoc	Aztec military leader defeated by the Spanish conqueror
145151844	Diaz, Porfirio	Mexican dictator who ruled 1876 to 1910 and was deposed by the Mexican Rev
145151845	Fed District of Mexico City	powerful Mexican district encompasses Mexico's capital city and contains most of its population
145151846	Fed Electoral Institute	An independent agency that regulates elections in Mexico
145151847	Fox, Vicente	Mexico's president since 2000, first non-PRI president
145151848	Immigration Reform and Control Act	1986 US immigration legislation that toughened American immigration laws while granting amnesty to many longtime undocumented workers
145151849	Informal Sector	A sector of the economy that is not regulated or taxed because of the state
145151850	Juarez, Benito	19th century Mexican president who is today considered an early proponent of modern, secular and democratic Mexico
145151851	Labastida, Francisco	First-ever PRI candidate to lose a presidential election
145151852	Latifundistas	owners of latifundia (huge tracts of land)
145151853	Madero, Francisco	An initial leader of the Mex rev and landowner who sought moderate democratic reform
145151854	Maquiladoras	factories that import goods or parts to manufacture goods that are then exported
145151855	Maya	Mexico's largest indigenous group
145151856	Mestizos	Mexicans of mixed European and indigenous blood
145151857	Mex-American War	Conflict between Mex and the US in which the US gained 1/3 of Mex territory
145151858	Mexican miracle	spectacular economic growth in Mexico from the 1940s to 1980
145151859	Mexican Rev	bloody conflict in Mexico that est the long-lived PRI regime
145151860	Mexico's War of Independence	A bloody 11 yr conflict that resulted in Mexico's independence
145151861	Municipios	County-level gov in Mexican states
145151862	Nahuatl	MEx's 2nd largest indigenous group
145151863	National Action Party (PAN)	A conservative Catholic Mexican political party
145151864	North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)	A free trade agreement linking Mexico with the US and Canada
145151865	Partido Revolucionario Institucional	The political party emerged from the Mexican Rev to preside over an authoritarian regime that lasted until 2000
145151866	Patron-Client Relationships	system in which powerful gov't officials deliver state services and access to power in exchange for pol support
145151867	Pemex	Mexico's powerful state-owned oil monopoly
145151868	Portillo, Jose Lopez	Mexican pres who increased the role of the state in the economy and nationalized mexico's banking system to avert a national economic crisis
145151869	Santa Ana	Mexico's first great Caudillo
145151870	San Andres Peace Accords	1996 accord that promised to end the artista rebel uprising but never implimented
145151871	Secretariat of Gov't	top cabinet post that controls international affairs
145151872	Secretariat of the treasury	most powerful economic cabinet minister
145151873	Senate	upper house of legislature
145151874	Supreme Court	highest court
145151875	Televisa	largest media conglomerate
145151876	villa, Francisco	northern Mex peasant leader of the revolution
145151877	the War of the Castes	19th century uprising of Mex's indigenous population
145151878	Zapata, Emiliano	southern Mex peasant leader of the rev
145151879	Zedillo, Ernesto	Mexico's president implemented pol reforms that paved the way for fair elections in 2000