Unit One:

The Mexican Revolution, 1884-1940 • Rule of Porfirio Diaz from 1884; political control; contribution to discontent • Causes of the Mexican Revolution: social, economic and political • The revolution and its leaders (1910-17): ideologies, aims and methods of Madero, Villa, Zapata, Carranza; achievements and failures; Constitution of 1917: nature and application • Construction of the post-revolutionary state (1920-38): Obregón, Calles and the ; challenges; assessment of their impact in the post-revolutionary state • Lázaro Cárdenas and the renewal of the revolution (1939-40): aims, methods and achievements • The role of foreign powers (especially the United States) in the outbreak and development of the Mexican Revolution; motivations, methods of intervention and contributions • Impact of the revolution on women, the arts, education and music

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS • What role did economic, political, and social factors have in causing the revolution in Mexico in 1910? • To what extent can the leaders of the Mexican Revolution be considered as either “revolutionaries” or “reformers”? • How important of a role did the United States have in the Mexican Revolution? • To what extent was the Mexican Revolution a success?

TOPICS • Diaz Dictatorship/Causes • Civil War • Calles Presidency • Downfall of Diaz • Constitution of 1917 • Cardenas Presidency • Madero Presidency • Carranza Presidency • Results • Huerta Dictatorship • Obregon Presidency

READINGS 1- Excerpts from The Mexican Revolution by Adolfo Gilly 2- Manhunt for by Wilfred P. Deac 3- Conclusion from The Mexican Revolution: 1910-1940 by Michael Gonzales

TERMS & CONCEPTS Porfirio Diaz Haciendas Creelman Interview Francisco Madero Plan of San Luis Potosi Land & Liberty Plan of Ayala Pancho Villa Chihuahua Treaty of Ciudad Juarez 10 Tragic Days Woodrow Wilson Veracruz Alvaro Obregon Aguascalientes Convention Constitutionalists Conventionists Battle of Celaya Constitution of 1917 Article 3 Article 27 Article 123 Article 130 Muralism Bucareli Accords Plutarco Calles El Maximato Cristeros PNR (PRI) Lazaro Cardenas Big Stick Diplomacy Roosevelt Corollary Dollar Diplomacy Moral Diplomacy Good Neighbor Policy

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