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The Mexican Revolution began as an attempt to overthrow what dictator of the country who ruled for around forty years?
Santa Anna
Venustiano Carranza
Porfirio Diaz
Bartolome Vasca
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One of the reasons why so many Mexican farmers joined the rebellion was that Porfirio Diaz empowered what militant police force to seize the land of commoners so he could sell it to the highest bidder?
The Rurales
The Signales
The Vivales
The Cristeros
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The Mexican Revolution began in the year 1910. In what year did it end?
1913
1920
1945
1963
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Most of the fighting during the Mexican Revolution centered on what city that acted as the capital of Mexico at the time?
Los Cabos
Aguascallientes
Veracruz
Mexico City
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The impetus of the Mexican Revolution was the jailing of what politician after it seemed like he would beat Porfirio Diaz in the Election of 1910?
Francisco Madero
Albert Cardena
Tomas Costafrias
Richard Obregon
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After Francisco Madero was released from jail, he drafted and distributed what document that called for all of Mexico to overthrow Porfirio Diaz?
The Plan of Guadalupe
The Plan of San Luis Potosi
The Plan of Hidalgo
The Plan of Mexico's Fifth
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Those Mexican revolutionaries who wanted to overthrow Porfirio Diaz and establish a republican government were known as what faction?
The Constitutionalists
The Cristeros
The Huaqueros
The Partisans
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One of the most important revolutionaries to tear down Porfirio Diaz was what political radical who began a peasant uprising in Morelos?
Angel Paleda
Julian Mateo
Frederique Guerera
Emiliano Zapata
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Along with Emiliano Zapata, another influential radical to topple Porfirio Diaz was the folk hero Pancho Villa. What was Pancho Villa's actual name?
Joaquim Villa
Petr Panches
Francisco Villa
Iganzio Panches
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At what 1911 battle did Emiliano Zapata and his supporters beat Diaz's "Golden" Fifth Cavalry Regiment, convincing Diaz that he needed to surrender?
The Battle of The Dire
The Battle of Cuautla
The Battle of Tyrannes
The Battle of Gancarz-Ravine
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Porfirio Diaz stepped down from the presidency and went into exile as a result of what 1911 treaty?
The Treaty of Vallarta
The Treaty of San Hidalgo
The Treaty of Agua Fria
The Treaty of Ciudad Juarez
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Francisco Madero was appointed the new President of Mexico following Diaz's ousting. As the country's new vice president, Madero appointed what human rights activist and journalist who is still honored as a revolutionary hero in Mexico?
Antonin Sucaria
Pino Suarez
Ahulan Navarro
Teo Segal
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What man stole the Mexican presidency after he led a coup that deposed Francisco Madero?
Victoriano Huerta
Oscar Sullesa
Venustiano Carranza
Robert Crayn
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What common name is given to the coup where Victoriano Huerta took over the revolutionary government of Mexico and executed Francisco Madero?
The Bloody Hours
The Red and Green Uprising
The Ten Tragic Days
The Lonesome Hours
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What nephew of Porfirio Diaz led the rebellion that Victoriano Huerta hijacked to conquer Mexico during the Ten Tragic Days?
Felix Diaz
Bartolomew Diaz
Tristan Diaz
Silam Diaz
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Felix Diaz and Victoriano Huerta teamed up during the Ten Tragic Days by signing what document that promised they would work together to protect foreign business interests in the nation?
The Pact of the Embassy
The Midnight Accords
The Twin Wolves' Compromise
The New Dawn Treaty
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What American Ambassador to Mexico brokered the Pact of the Embassy that doomed Francisco Madero's new democratic government?
Peter P. Pinkney
Johan W. Showers
Henry Lane Wilson
Anthony Robert Elk
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What ally of Pancho Villa helped to overthrow Diaz but then fought on behalf of the new dictator Huerta as a way to line his own pockets?
Alfred Couraforte
Benny Gordon
Pascual Orozco
Simon Testaluna
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During the revolution against Victoriano Huerta, what military leader helmed the Constitutionalist Army to overthrow Huerta and eventually replace him?
Francisco Quedora
Adolfo Villevada
Venustiano Carranza
Alfredo San Padrio
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Carranza and his rebels were based in what northern Mexican state?
Tamaulipas
Chiapas
Chihuahua
Coahuila
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Carranza formulated what declaration of intent calling all of Mexico's revolutionaries to join him in taking down Huerta?
The Plan of Guadalupe
The Plan of Agua Fria
The Plan of Los Libertas
The Plan of Casa Verde
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In response to the Plan of Guadalupe, Pancho Villa and his revolutionary comrade Pablo Gonzales drafted what counter-declaration where they decried Carranza's plan as being too conservative to actually help Mexico's people?
The Declaration of the Dual Entente
The Pact of Torreon
The Nix Corollary
The Demands of Mexico City
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After Huerta was removed from power, Carranza and Pancho Villa met at what unsuccessful peace conference that heralded their future war?
The Convention of Aguascalientes
The Convention of Del la Paso
The Convention of Huatulco
The Convention of Palenque
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This famous picture shows Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata lounging in what government building after they conquered Mexico City?
The Congress of Mexico
The Monument of Saint Juan Fernando
The National Palace
The Hall of Civil Unity
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After the Niagara Falls Conference in 1915, what foreign country pledged to supply Carranza with armaments that helped him win the war?
Argentina
Brazil
The U.K.
The U.S.A.
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At what April 1915 battle did Carranza effectively win the Revolution by defeating Pancho Villa's cavalry?
The Battle of Veracruz
The Battle of the Resaca de la Palma
The Battle of Celaya
The Battle of Palo Alto
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One of Carranza's greatest supporters during the war against Pancho Villa was what general who would end up forcing Carranza from the presidency in 1920?
Miguel Barragan
Valentin Gomez Farias
Alvaro Obregon
Guadalupe Victoria
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In what year did Mexico under Carranza enact its new constitution that still guides the country to this day?
1915
1917
1919
1921
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What man, in 1920, became the last Revolutionary President of Mexico stepping in to temporarily run the country after he helped oust Carranza?
Adolfo de la Huerta
Manuel Gomez Pedraza
Jose Maria Bocanegra
Manuel Robles Pezuela
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Venustiano Carranza and a thousand supporters robbed Mexico's treasury and fled the capital so they could try and form another rebel government at what previously U.S.-controlled Mexican city?
Taxco
Veracruz
Mazatlan
Mexicali
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