• For this

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• For this evaluation your exam will be a written exam (History) with the topics mentioned below. In Geography you will work on a case study presentation • You can use your homework questions and class notes to study. All topies covered during class can appear in your exam Review the following Presentation Notes: 1. "The Maximato: Reign of the Jefe Máximo" 2. "Lázaro Cárdenas: End of the Maximato" 3. "The PRI and Stabilizing Development" 4. "The End of the Miracle (1968)" 5. "The Tecnocrats and 1988" I. Constructing the System • The Maximato: Plutarco Elías Calles rules as "Jefe Máximo" through puppet presidents. • The PNR: Why was it created? (To stop Caudillo violence and institutionalize power). II. Cárdenas (The Transformer) • Ending the Maximato: How he exiled Calles. • Oil Expropriation (1938): Taking oil back for Mexico (PEMEX). • Ejidos: Land reform for peasants. III. The Miracle and The Crisis • Mexican Miracle: Economic growth via ISI (making things in Mexico instead of importing). • 1968 Tlatelolco: The massacre that showed the dark side of PRI control before the Olympics. IV. The System Breaks (1980s) • Technocrats: Economists (Salinas) who wanted Neoliberalism (free tr...