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The Porfiriato in Mexico: 'Order and Progress' (1876–1911)
Evaluate the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz: rapid railway and mining modernization contrasted with indigenous land expropriation and rural peonage.

Evaluate the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz: rapid railway and mining modernization contrasted with indigenous land expropriation and rural peonage.
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6th Grade · Social Studies · NCHS
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Examine major political transitions in late 19th-century Latin America, including Mexican liberal reforms, the Brazilian Empire and abolition, authoritarian modernization, and the overall balance sheet of 19th-century democracy.