9617249282 | Dates | 1910-1920 | 0 | |
9617251415 | Political causes | Internal forces corrupted political systems with ruthless government outbreak of World War I eruption of nationalism weak political regime surrounded by foreigners/ruled by upper class foreigners More than 40% of Mexico was controlled by the U.S. | 1 | |
9617275849 | Economic causes | wanted to eliminate foreign sources of goods/realign economy economy was dependent on exports/ lacked adequate investment funds | 2 | |
9617296876 | Social causes | unbearable working conditions/loss of land 2% of peasants owned land Hacienda system-peasants worked on haciendas for almost no pay peasants were enslaved/worked at gunpoint starvation life expectancy was 30 years practically no middle class existed social unrest | 3 | |
9617386757 | What percentage of Mexicans lost their lives in the revolution? | 10% | 4 | |
9617396188 | What were the conditions of starvation by 1910? | people ate 50% less than they did before Mexico's independence which was almost 100 years earlier | 5 | |
9617410684 | Porfirio Diaz | came to power in 1876. He made tremendous economic changes reforms: built railroads dominated politics for 35 years | 6 | |
9617438982 | What started the revolution? | The election of 1910, when Madero tried to run against Diaz | 7 | |
9617447359 | Francisco Madero | wealthy son of an elite family tried to run against Diaz-wanted to make moderate democratic political reforms Diaz rigged the election and arrest Madero when Madero returned from prison, he started the rebellion becomes president of Mexico in 1911 asked Huerta for help and is assassinated by him in 1913 by Huerta | 8 | |
9617478108 | Who supported Madero? | Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata | 9 | |
9617488193 | Who becomes the moving force of Mexico? | peasants | 10 | |
9617494842 | What part of Mexico did Pancho Villa control? | Northern Mexico | 11 | |
9617499333 | Which part of Mexico did Emiliano Zapata control? | Southern Mexico | 12 | |
9617503125 | Pancho Villa | commander of a rebellion in the northern portion of Mexico former bandit who led farmers, railroaders, and cowboys considered a hero of Mexico helped remove Diaz supported Madero | 13 | |
9617526882 | Emiliano Zapata | led rebellion in the sourthern province of Mexico Held a goal of land reform led peasants based in Guerilla Movement considered a hero of Mexico helped remove Diaz supported Madero | 14 | |
9617561316 | Victoriano Huerta | Becomes ruler after the assassination of Madero in 1913 a general who sought to create the type of dictatorship that Diaz held - centralized dictatorship supported by landowners, the army, and foreign companies held an illegal rule forced from power by Villa and Zapata in 1914 | 15 | |
9617616369 | Alvaro Obregon | (1880-1928) emerged as a leader in the Mexican Government in 1915 elected president in 1920 President the year the revolution ends | 16 | |
9617632971 | Lazaro Cardenas | (1934-1940) - more than 40 million acres of land were distributed in communal holdings | 17 | |
9617656334 | When was Carranza's rule? Who was he supported by? What did he do in his rule? | 1914-1920 Villa and Zapata he passed constituion of 1917 - remains the current Mexican constitution today | 18 | |
9617687416 | Process of war | country was devastated during the war - 1.5 million people died and major industries were destroyed ranching and farming were disrupted Mexican constitution promised changes and solutions to these issues | 19 | |
9617713765 | Foreign intervention | U.S. intervention aimed at bringing order to border regions by diplomatic maneuverings - after outbreak of WWI in Europe | 20 | |
9617724895 | Political results | Constitution of 1917 end of a dictatorship - republic land redistribution - peasants were sometimes cheated with land - immigrated to U.S. Party of Institutionalized Revolution was formed - one party system - multiparty democracy | 21 | |
9617737754 | Economic results | Marxist socialist ideas were incorporated through intellectuals - conservative revolts resulted from church by Cristeros | 22 | |
9617750280 | Social results | Incorporation of labor, peasant, military, and middle-class sectors into the one-party system Integration of Indians and their culture into everyday life | 23 | |
9617766601 | Cultural results | creation of secular schools with Indian integration Mexican muralist movement - artists included: Diego Rivera and Jose Clemente Orozco Creativity was spread through literature, art, and dancing - used to inform/celebrate | 24 | |
9617790476 | Mexican Constitution of 1917 | land reform, limited foreign ownership of key resources, guaranteed rights of workers placed restrictions on clerical educational and church ownership of property promised educational reforms organized workers placed in national confederation/ given representation in government extension program for primary/rural education distribution of more than 40 acres of land | 25 | |
9617849985 | Who modeled their constitution off of Mexico's | Germany | 26 | |
9617855737 | What was the percentage of land ownership by 1940? | 33% - under president Lazaro Cardenas | 27 |
AP World History: Mexican Revolution Flashcards
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