6C—History of Latin America
The Mexican Revolution *************************************************************

I. Preludes: The Porfiriato

Porfirio Díaz (1876-1911)
científicos
rurales

II. The Revolution: Military Phase, 1910-1920

1910-11, Porfirio Díaz resigns
1913, Francisco Madero assassinated
Victoriano Huerta
The Constitutionalists (Venustiano Carranza, Alvaro Obregón)
Pancho Villa
Emiliano Zapata in Morelos; Plan de Ayala
1914, Woodrow Wilson helps oust Huerta
1915, Battle of Celaya
(1916-17, Pershing expedition)
1917, new Constitution
1919, Zapata assassinated

III. The Revolution: Constructive Phase, 1920-1940

Alvaro Obregón
Plutarco Calles
Cristero Rebellion
1928, assassination of Obregón
1929, Partido Nacional Revolucionario(precursor of Partido Revolucionario Institucional, PRI) 1934-1945, Lázaro Cárdenas
ejido
1938, nationalization of oil industry (PEMEX)