ASSIGNMENT 4:
Mexico Videos:
Watch the two videos on the History of Mexico (use the following links below). Answer the questions from the two videos. I will count the first 15 correct answers. Each question counts one point. (15 points possible)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyZ0FzJ73n4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXUrarqmchE
Watch the two videos on the History of Mexico (use the following links below). Answer the questions from the two videos. I will count the first 15 correct answers. Each question counts one point. (15 points possible)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyZ0FzJ73n4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXUrarqmchE
- What was the land of Mexico know as after the fall of the Aztecs?
- How many pure Spaniards lived in Mexico in 1800? What was their position and status in society?
- Who raised the banner of a peasant revolution in Mexico in 1810? What was the leader’s background? What books and writing did Hidalgo read
- Why was an emperor needed in Mexico in 1821?
- Why was Emperor Iturbide toppled by Santa Ana in 1823
- What were the causes of discontent and conflict between the Americans in Texas and Mexican officials
- How does Santa Ana react to the Texas rebellion
- What were the attitudes/views of the Mexicans and the Americans regarding the Battle of the Alamo? How did each side interpret the event
- How did Santa Ana react when the Texans attacked his army at San Jacinto? How did that affect Texas
- What happened to Santa Ana’s leg
- What were some things that turned Mexicans against Santa Ana
- What led to the war between Mexico and the United States in 1845
- Who in the United States opposed war with Mexico? Why did they oppose the war
- Who two Americans at Buena Vista later became important leaders? What offices did each later hold
- What areas did Mexico lose at the end of the Mexican-American War
- What did the liberal constitution of 1857 call for? How did Mexican conservatives react to the constitution
- What was unique about Benito Juarez’s background?
- What were Juarez’s goals as leader of Mexico? What measures did he take against the Catholic Church
- What foreign leader supported the Catholic Church in Mexico
- Why did France intervene in Mexico? What was the goal of France? Why couldn’t the United States do anything about French intervention
- Why is Cinco de Mayo, a Mexican national holiday, celebrated? What does it commemorate
- Who supported Juarez’s rebel army in its fight against the French in Mexico?