Mexican Revolution Review

Question 1

Whom did Emiliano Zapata represent?

Accepted Answer

the indigenous people

Question 2

Whom did Pancho Villa defeat?

Accepted Answer

Díaz's troops

Question 3

What was Francisco Madero like?

Accepted Answer

rich and nice

Question 4

For whom was Álvaro Obregón a general?

Accepted Answer

Carranza

Question 5

When was Lázarao Cárdenas elected president?

Accepted Answer

1934

Question 6

What were the two main achievements during the presidency of Venustiano Carranza?

Accepted Answer

separation of church and state and public education

Question 7

Where was Emiliano Zapata from?

Accepted Answer

Morelos

Question 8

What did Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata help Francisco Madero do in May 1911?

Accepted Answer

capture the country

Question 9

Why are we learning about the Mexican Revolution?

Accepted Answer

The play we will be reading is about the Mexican Revolution.

Question 10

Why did Francisco Madero's presidency fail?

Accepted Answer

he was an idealist and did not understand the poor people

Question 11

What else did Francisco Madero want to accomplish?

Accepted Answer

redistribute the land

Question 12

Who was Porfirio Díaz?

Accepted Answer

the president (dictator) of Mexico

Question 13

Approximately how many Mexicans died in the Mexican Revolution?

Accepted Answer

1,000,000

Question 14

How did Victoriano Huerta take power?

Accepted Answer

He organized a coup.

Question 15

When did Lázaro Cárdenas expel Plutarco Elías Calles?

Accepted Answer

1936

Question 16

What were two problems in Mexico in 1910?

Accepted Answer

foreigners received the money and land problems

Question 17

When Venustiano Carranza announced his rebellion against Victoriano Huerta, what did Huerta do?

Accepted Answer

He fled to Europe.

Question 18

During his presidency, what was the focus of Álvaro Obregón?

Accepted Answer

establishing a new national identity

Question 19

In what year did Francisco Madero declare that he was president?

Accepted Answer

1910

Question 20

How did Álvaro Obregón die?

Accepted Answer

He was killed by a religious fanatic.

Question 21

What did Lázaro Cárdenas do to Plutarco Elías Calles?

Accepted Answer

kicked him out of the country

Question 22

What did Venustiano Carranza do in July 1914?

Accepted Answer

He rebelled against Victoriano Huerta.

Question 23

What was Emiliano Zapata's economic status?

Accepted Answer

poor

Question 24

What did Álvaro Obregón do in 1920?

Accepted Answer

led a rebellion against Carranza

Question 25

What happened to Francisco Madero four days after Victoriano Huerta began his rebellion?

Accepted Answer

He was killed by Huerta.

Question 26

What was Victoriano Huerta like as a president?

Accepted Answer

cruel and drunk

Question 27

What did Plutarco Elías Calles have control of?

Accepted Answer

the presidents

Question 28

After Victoriano Huerta fled, what did Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata do?

Accepted Answer

rebelled against Venustiano Carranza

Question 29

What type of government did Francisco Madero want?

Accepted Answer

democracy

Question 30

Who was Venustiano Carranza?

Accepted Answer

Victoriano Huerta's general

Question 31

Who was Victoriano Huerta?

Accepted Answer

the general of Francisco Madero

Question 32

Before Porfirio Díaz's presidency (dictatorship), what was Mexico like?

Accepted Answer

dangerous and poor

Question 33

Where was Pancho Villa from?

Accepted Answer

Chihuahua

Question 34

What was Mexico like after the presidency (dictatorship) of Porfirio Díaz?

Accepted Answer

developed and safe

Question 35

What did Lázaro Cárdenas do as president?

Accepted Answer

helped to redistribute the land

Question 36

Whom did Pancho Villa represent?

Accepted Answer

small landowners

Question 37

Who was Félix Díaz's uncle?

Accepted Answer

Porfirio

Question 38

What was the armed conflict called that occurred between Félix Díaz and Victoriano Huerta?

Accepted Answer

the tragic ten days

Question 39

Who was defeated in la Decena Trágica?

Accepted Answer

Félix Díaz

Question 40

What was Plutarco Elías Calles' title?

Accepted Answer

top boss

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