The Constitution of 1857 and Anticlerical Laws

19th-Century Mexico: Independence, Territorial Loss, and La Reforma

6th Grade·Social Studies·NCHS

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Analyze the key legal provisions of the Ley Juárez and Ley Lerdo that secularized Church property.

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19th-Century Mexico: Independence, Territorial Loss, and La Reforma

6th Grade · Social Studies · NCHS

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Analyze the political instability, territorial losses, and liberal constitutional reforms that shaped Mexico from independence through the War of the Reform.

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WH-ERA-7.S3C.19National Center for History in the Schools Standards · 6th Grade

[Grades 7-12] Assess the effects of foreign intervention and liberal government policies on social and economic change in Mexico. [Analyze cause-and-effect relationships]