Mexican Revolution

The Constitution of 1917 threatened which country's foreign investment the most?

• Germany
• U.S.
• Britain
• France

Who's dictatorship was Mexico under at the start of the Mexican Revolution? 

• Enrique Peña Nieto
• Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
• Porfirio Diaz
• Queretaro

Who's rise to power strained Mexico's relationship with the U.S.?

• Venustiano Carranza
•  Victoriano Huerta
• Francisco Indalécio Madero
• Porfirio Diaz

Which group were most discontent in the revolution?

• Laboring and Rural
• Middle 
• Wealthy
• Leaders

Which situation lead to economic failure of small farms?

• provisional governments
• closed market
• rise of rebel groups
• capitalism and foreign investment

Who was the autocratic leader of Mexico who was eventually overthrown in the Mexican Revolution?

• Francisco Madero
• Francisco "Pancho" Villa
• Porfirio Diaz
• Emiliano Zapata

Which of the following was NOT a goal of the Mexican Revolution?

• To put a new king in charge
• To remove Diaz from power
• To give land to the poor peasants
• To give workers better working conditions and pay

Whose rallying cry was “Tierra y Libertad!” (“Land and Liberty!”)?

• Francisco “Pancho” Villa
• Porfirio Diaz
• Francisco Madero
• Emiliano Zapata

What happened in the years after Diaz resigned and left Mexico?

• Peace came to Mexico
• Violent civil war and millions of deaths
• The immediate adoption of a new democratic constitution
• The invasion of Mexico by the United States

What was one reason Mexico wanted independence from Spain?

•  Colonists resented Spain’s half-hearted attempt to rule them.
• Spain wanted to support public churches exclusively.
• Mestizos were given the best jobs.
• The Spanish king gave money and land to colonial churches.