ART H213 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Indigenous Rights, History Painting, Literacy Test
12 Jul 2018
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1861 benito juarez elected president of mexico - indian from southern mexico, result of independence was that all men could vote, not women, despite racial background, most indigenous men did not vote because of literacy tests. Began to address inequalities in mexican society, suspend payments to france for loans to use money for education and agricultural programs to improve mexico. French 1862 invaded mexico. sent maximillion onto the thrown, bad thing, civil war started, 1867 able to defeat french troops, was executed. Juarez back into presidency for another 5 years. promoted the idea of a mestizo mexico. Indigenous rights and issues, creation of laws that would protect the indigenous population. Mexico debate about how to respond to the spanish invaders. history painting, no direct address of what is actually occurring at 1875. distancing, Felix parra, fray bartolom de las casas, 1875. Good side, appears in periodical newspapers at the time, what good and bad came out of the conquest.
