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27 Cards in this Set
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1910-1920
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Mexican revolution
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1910
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Madero's revolt
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1911
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Zapata promises land reform
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1914
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Panama canal opens
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1917
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Mexican constitution includes revolutionary changes
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1920-1940
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Mexican muralist movement becomes active
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1929
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Women get the right to vote in Equador
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1930
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-Revolution in Brazil brings Getulio Vargas to power
-Military takes control of Argentina |
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1932
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Women gain suffrage in Cuba and Brazil
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1933
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Death of August Cesar Sandino, leader of the Nicaraguan resistance to US occupation
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1934-1940
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President Cardenas enacts many of the reforms promised by the Mexican Revolution
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1938
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Mexico Nationalizes its petroleum resources
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1942
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Brazil joins the Allies in WWII and sends troops to Europe
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1944-1954
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Arevalo and Arbenz refoms in Guatemala
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1947
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Juan Peron elected president of Argentina
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1952-1964
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Bolivian Revolution
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1954
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Arbenz is overthrown with help from the US
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1959
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Castro leads a revolution in Cuba
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1961
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US backed in vasion of Cuba is defeated
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1964
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Military coup topples the Brazilian goverment
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1970-1973
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Socialist goverment in Chile
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1973
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Salvdor Allende, leader of the socialist government in Chile, is assasinated and overthrown
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1979
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Sandinista Revolution takes control in Nicaragua
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1982
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Argentina and Great Britian clash over the Falkland islands
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1983
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US invades Grenada
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1989
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-Sandinistas lose election in Nicaragua
-US invades Panama and deposes General Noriega |
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1915
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Alvaro Obregon becomes leader of the mexican government
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