HILA 132 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Frida Kahlo, Cristero War, Anti-Clericalism
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Jose clemente orozco: poor economy, ruined infrastructure, dissenting parties, fundamental tensions between core values and actions, greater freedom to grow, millions dead. 1920: obreg n is the president after a coupe toppled carranza administration. 1920 to 1924: sonoran dynasty: mexico governed by obreg n and plutarco calles, marked by betrayal of revolutionary ideals, the constitution of 1917, economy kick started, investors welcomed in, expectations for social reforms were enormous. While there was no more revolutionary fighting, people were taking the. Constitution and demanding the government heed its laws. Articles 23 (housing) and 27 (agrarian land reform) Workers went on strike to demand that article 23 be enforced. 1923: 100 worker strikes in a single year. Many led by socialist or anarchist unions, some moderate unions: all demanded rights for the working class. Countryside: agrarian reform agency created by government to process all of the agrarian petitions coming in from across mexico, government hesitated on radical land distribution.
