Dr. A. Lauria-Santiago
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Questions for class discussion of readings weeks five and six

1. To what extent and how were the events of the 1920s and 1930s the "product" of the Revolution?
2. How were the ideologies and practices of nationalism, revolutionary populism, socialism, corporatism, and cronyism present in the political/social history of the 1920s and 30s?
3. How did the rural unrest that characterized the civil war period of the revolution continue during the 1920s and 30s?
4. How did the peasants and workers of different regions fare in their struggles for survivial or reform during the 1920s and 30s?
5. What issues were at stake in the factional battles for national political power during the 1920s and 30s?
6. How did the Mexican state relate to different mass movements of these years?
7. To what extent were the Cardenas' presidency and reforms the product of a revolutionary legacy?  Or were they contingent developments which emerged mostly from the period's own changes?  How do we reconciliate perspectives that emphasize either revolutionary continuity or middle-class consolidation as the root dynamic of these years?
8. How would you characterize the Mexican political system as of 1940?
9. What roles did the US play during the 1910-1940 period?