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Click to review the online content. Then answer the question(s) below, using complete sentences. Scroll down to view additional questions. Online Content: Site 1 After the Mexican Revolution, what did the government commission artists to create and why?

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Answer: Over the next few years, Mexico’s new government commissioned a number of artists to paint large scenes, or murals, on the walls of many schools, churches, and museums. These murals were meant to present Mexico’s history in a way that could educate a largely illiterate population. (At the time, only about 10 percent of Mexicans could read). The artists used bright colors and a bold figural style to depict scenes from ancient and modern Mexico.