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Mexican Revolution
Was a major armed struggle that started in 1910, with an uprising led by Francisco I. Madero against longtime autocrat Porfirio Díaz, and lasted for the better part of a decade until around 1920.
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The Tampico Affair
An incident in Tampico, Tamaulipas, between United States Navy sailors and Mexican troops, occurred. It resulted in the severing of diplomatic relations between Mexico and the United States.
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Zapata Assaination
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Third Battle of Ciudad Juarez
the final major battle involving the rebels of Francisco "Pancho" Villa. It began on June 15, 1919 when Villa attempted to capture the border city of Ciudad Juarez from the Mexican Army. During the engagement, the Villistas provoked an intervention by the United States Army forces protecting the neighboring city of El Paso, Texas.
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The Northern Dynasty
Carranza failed into a immediate social reforms, general Obergon enlisted other powers northern Mexico chieftains, Plutarco Elias Callrs and Adolfo de la Huerta, to join him. -
The Plan of Agua Prieta
The Plan called for the Carranza administration had a despute between the federal the federal government and the Sonora state government over control of waters of the Rio Sonora -
Obregon Government
Domestic affairs puts into place agrarian reforms, and gave sanction of peasants and labored organizations. -
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Cristero Wars
A civil war broke out when the Catholic Rebels did not like the new constitution made by the dictatorship. -
Mexican general election
Alvaro Obregón was the only candidate in the presidential elections, and was elected unopposed.[1] He was assassinated just 16 days later, and Emilio Portes Gil was appointed to serve as interim president in his place.
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The Great Depression
Brought Mexico a sharp drop in national income and internal demand after 1929, challenging the country's ability to fulfill its constituial mandate to promote social equity.
