Constitution of Mexico

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

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1. What is the formal name?
2. What is the year of promulgation?
3. What is the Constitution of Mexico and when was it approved?
4. Why did the Constitution of 1917 include social rights like free education and land reform?

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the formal name?Political Constitution of the United Mexican States
2. What is the year of promulgation?February 5, 1917
3. What is the Constitution of Mexico and when was it approved?The Constitution of Mexico is the country's rulebook that was approved on February 5, 1917, after the Mexican Revolution.
4. Why did the Constitution of 1917 include social rights like free education and land reform?It added social rights to give everyone fair chances, such as free, compulsory, secular education and land ownership changes to help farmers.

Constituent Congress: A legislative body convened specifically to draft or amend a constitution.
Agrarian Reform: Government policies aimed at redistributing agricultural land to landless peasants or reforming land tenure systems.
Anti-clericalism: Opposition to the influence and activities of religious institutions, particularly the Catholic Church, in public life.
Ejidos: Communal landholdings established by the Mexican government, often granted to rural communities.