post ww1 mexican revolution

Question 1

Syndicalism

Answer 1

eco and political system based on org of labor; imported in LA from European political movements; militant force in LA politics

Question 2

Porfirio Diaz

Answer 2

one of Juarez’s generals; elected pres of mexico in 1876; dominated mexican politics for 35 years; imposed strong central gov

Question 3

Francisco Madero

Answer 3

(1873-1913) moderate democratic reformer in Mexico; proposed moderate reforms in 1910; arrested by Porfirio Diaz; initiated rev against Diaz when released from prison; temporarily gained power but removed and assassinated in 1913

Question 4

Pancho Villa

Answer 4

(1878-1923) mexican revoolutionary and military commander in northern mexico during the mexican rexolution; succeeded along with Emiliano Zapata in removing diaz from power in 1911; also participated in campaigns that removed Madero and Huerta

Question 5

Emiliano Zapata

Answer 5

mexican revoolutionary and military commander of peasant guerrilla movement after 1910 centered in Morelos;succeeded along with Pancho Villa in removing Diaz from power in 1911; also participated in campaigns that removed Madero and Huerta; demanded sweeping land reform

Question 6

Victoriano Huerta

Answer 6

attempted to reestablish centralized dictatorship in mexico following the removal of Madero in 1913; forced from power in 1914 by Villa and Zapata

Question 7

Alvaro Obregon

Answer 7

(1880-1928) emerged as leader of the mexican gov in 1915; elected pres in 1920

Question 8

Mexican Constitution od 1917

Answer 8

promised land reform, limited foreign ownership of key resources, guaranteed the rights of workers, and placed restrictions on clerical education; marked formal end of mexican rev

Question 9

Indigenism

Answer 9

the concernn for the indigenous peoples and their contribution to mexican culture

Question 10

Diego Rivera

Answer 10

(1886-1957) mexican artist of the period after the mexican rev; famous for murals painted on walls of public buildings; mixed romantic images of indian past with christian symbols and Marxist ideology

Question 11

Jose Clemente Orozco

Answer 11

(1883-1949) mexican muralist of the period ater the mexican rev; his work featured romantic images of indian past with christian symbols and Marxist ideology

Question 12

Cristeros

Answer 12

conservative peasant movement in mexico during 1920s; most active in central mexico; attempted to halt slide toward secularism; resulted in armed violence