Benito Juárez DBQ Worksheet |
Printable DBQ Worksheet: Document-Based Questions
in Latin America in World History |
Free Printable World History DBQ
Worksheet - Benito Juárez of Mexico's La Reforma |
 "The constitution of 1824 was a compromise between progress and
reaction, and that (it was a) seedbed of the incessant
convulsions that the Republic has suffered, and that it will
still suffer while society does not recover its balance by
making effective the equality of rights and duties of all
citizens and of all persons who inhabit the national territory,
without privileges, without exemptions, without monopolies, and
without odious distinctions..."- Benito Juárez, La Reforma |
Directions: Answer the following questions based on the reading
and your knowledge of social studies. |
1. What does Juárez mean by the phrase "the incessant
convulsions that the Republic has suffered"? |
2. Describe the stance that Juárez is taking on equality in
Mexico. |
3. Imagine that you are a Mexican of Indian heritage reading
these words in the 1800s. How might you react? Would your
reaction change as a Mexican of European heritage? Explain. |
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