The Sexenio of Ávila Camacho
From 1940 to 1946
WW2
Literacy campagin
People how knew how to read, should teach other in order to eradicate illiteracy
He renamed the party in 1946 as the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI)
Development
The government committed to primary education for the general population from the late 1920s to 1940. The enrollment rates of the country's youth increased threefold during this period, so when this generation was able to work the economic production improved.
The government fostered the development of consumer goods
The government promoted industrial expansion
The president motto was Unidad Nacional
The idea of inviting the ex-presidents (Adolfo de la Huerta, Plutarco Elías Calles, Emilio Portes Gil, Pascual Ortiz Rubio, Abelardo Rodrígues y Lázaro Cárdenas) was to stregthen his policy of National Unity
1942 the bracero program was created to allow the legal flow of Mexican workers to
the United States
He tried to kept Mexico out of the conflict of the WW2 until may 13 of 1942 when a a Nazi fascist submarine sank the Potrello del Llano, a Mexican tanker and 7 days later another ship, the Faja de Oro was sunk in the same way. After this, Mexico declared state of war
The Government of General Avila Camacho cooperated in the victory of the Allies in World War II, sending thousands of workers to the United States of America, with oil and other items produced in the country
On April 1, 1944, he was attacked by Artillery Lieutenant Antonio de la Lama y Rojas.
In 1945, the 201 Squadron fought under the colors of our flag in the Philippines against the Japanese..
At the end of their period, there was a great upheaval in the trade union movement: strikes, lockouts and sabotage on the National Railways.
Social institutions were created
Instituto de Seguro social
Hospital infantil
Instituto de cardiología
It was necessary to take advantage of the postwar period to push the new economy that was being created
Culture
Vasconcelos accepts the direction of the National Library
Colegio Nacional was founded
Fondo de cultura economica reaches maturity together with Cuadernos Americanos magazine
1946: National Art and Science Awards are established
1941-1945: Cine de Oro Mexicano
Agriculture
He focused on irrigation.
The Manuel Avila Camacho Dam was created
Mexico exported wheat and corn but after the works carried out by Camacho Mexico stopped exporting
15% of the budget was focused on irrigation
An area of 550,000 hectares was put under irrigation
He withdrawn the army as a sector of the political party because the party activities of the military could affect the union of the army
He promoted private ownership of land instead of the ejidos and also promoted more private schools than public ones
