Porfiriato
This was the three-word motto of Porfirio Díaz’s regime.
What is "Peace, Order, and Progress"?
This "Southern" leader coined the phrase: "It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees."
Who is Emiliano Zapata?
Madero’s 1910 plan that called for an uprising on November 20th.
What is the Plan of San Luis Potosí?
The name given to female soldiers who cooked, nursed, and fought in the Revolution.
What are Soldaderas?
This president nationalized the oil industry in 1938.
Who is Lázaro Cárdenas?
Large estates where peasants were often bound by debt to the land and paid in vouchers.
What are Haciendas?
A former bandit and bank robber who defeated federal troops in 1910 to support Madero.
Who is Pancho Villa (or Doroteo Arango)?
Plan which demanded the "collectivization" of large estates for indigenous people.
What is the Plan of Ayala?
It was not until this year that women finally achieved the right to vote in Mexico.
What is 1955?
This type of communal property was created through the redistribution of 45 million acres of land.
What are Ejidos?
This 1907 global event caused foreign investment in Mexico to slow and increased unemployment.
What is the International Economic Crisis?
He was the Constitutionalist leader who eventually became president and oversaw the 1917 Constitution.
Who is Venustiano Carranza?
This 1917 document is considered the crowning achievement of the Revolution.
What is the Mexican Constitution of 1917?
This group worked specifically for the "economic, social, and political emancipation of women."
What is the Consejo Feminista (Feminist Council)?
This "Maximum Chief" dominated Mexican politics behind the scenes from 1928 to 1934.
Who is Plutarco Elías Calles?
He was the US-educated landowner who became the strongest opponent to Díaz’s re-election.
Who is Francisco Madero?
While Villa and Zapata prioritized land reform, this leader wanted to stabilize Mexico politically first.
Who is Francisco Madero?
This 1862 battle against the French inspired Mexican nationalism long before the Revolution began.
What is the Battle of Puebla (fought on Cinco de Mayo)
This art form was used after the Revolution to educate the illiterate and celebrate Mexican identity.
What is Muralism?
Cárdenas installed this in the National Palace so ordinary citizens could message him directly.
What is a telegraph?
This group of advisors helped Díaz modernize Mexico’s economy.
Who are the Científicos?
This leader was known for "appeasing but firm" leadership and returning 3.25 million acres of land to peasants.
Who is Álvaro Obregón?
The name of the party Madero created to challenge Díaz’s power.
What is the Anti-Reelectionist Party?
his Mexican-American activist fought for civil rights on the border and worked for La Crónica.
Who is Jovita Idar?
he name of the six-year period of puppet presidencies controlled by Calles.
What is the Maximato?