{"id":2875,"date":"2013-07-23T16:15:08","date_gmt":"2013-07-23T21:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/library.brown.edu\/modernlatinamerica\/?page_id=2875"},"modified":"2013-07-23T16:15:08","modified_gmt":"2013-07-23T21:15:08","slug":"chapter-3-discussion-questions-mexico","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/modernlatinamerica\/chapters\/chapter-3-mexico\/chapter-3-discussion-questions-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"Discussion Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>American schoolchildren often read heroic stories about \u201cthe Mexican-American War\u201d of the 1840s, while their Mexican counterparts learn about the \u201cWar of the North American Invasion.\u201d What is the meaning of this difference?<\/li>\n<li>What were the principal differences between the Liberal and Conservative parties by the mid-nineteenth century? How did these contrasts actually affect politics in Mexico?<\/li>\n<li>Porfirio D\u00edaz is one of Mexico\u2019s most controversial figures: many see him as a dictator, while others praise his promotion of economic development. Was tyranny a necessary price for progress?<\/li>\n<li>What were the causes and consequences of the Mexican Revolution? How did it change society and politics?<\/li>\n<li>What explains the rise, demise, and return to power of the PRI? Does it now pose a threat to Mexican democracy?<\/li>\n<li>What should be done about illegal immigration from Mexico into the United States? What kind of policy reform would you support?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American schoolchildren often read heroic stories about \u201cthe Mexican-American War\u201d of the 1840s, while their Mexican counterparts learn about the \u201cWar of the North American Invasion.\u201d What is the meaning of this difference? What were the principal differences between the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/modernlatinamerica\/chapters\/chapter-3-mexico\/chapter-3-discussion-questions-mexico\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":0,"parent":26,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"sidebar-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2875","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/modernlatinamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/modernlatinamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/modernlatinamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/modernlatinamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/modernlatinamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/modernlatinamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2875\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/modernlatinamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/modernlatinamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}