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Mexican Revolution

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who became the president after Diaz resigned?

a)

Francisco I. Madero

b)

Victoriano Huerta

c)

"Pancho" Villa

d)

Emiliano Zapata

2.

Who was Emiliano Zapata?

a)

Man who won against Porfirio Diaz

b)

Harsh general who was for the Hacienda System

c)

Northern "rebel" who wanted social reform

d)

Farmer from south with Native American heritage who wanted land reform

3.

Who was Victoriano Huerta?

a)

A power hungry general that did not want to get rid of the Hacienda System who had Francisco Madero assassinated.

b)

Man who wanted free elections and won against Porfirio Diaz.

c)

President of Mexico who ruled for over 30 years.

d)

Rebel from the north who wanted social change.

4.
Who was the autocratic leader of Mexico who was eventually overthrown in the Mexican Revolution?
a)
Francisco Madero
b)
Francisco "Pancho" Villa
c)
Porfirio Diaz
d)
Emiliano Zapata
5.
Which of the following was NOT a goal of the Mexican Revolution?
a)
To put a new king in charge
b)
To remove Diaz from power
c)
To give land to the poor peasants
d)
To give workers better working conditions and pay
6.
Who was the first person to call for a democratic revolution in Mexico?
a)
Emiliano Zapata
b)
Francisco Madero
c)
Porfirio Diaz
d)
Francisco “Pancho” Villa
7.

He ruled Mexico for almost 35 years, winning reelection as president again and again. He welcomed foreign investors who developed mines, built railroads, and drilled for oil. However, underneath the surface, discontent rippled through Mexico. The country’s prosperity benefited only a small group.

a)

Francisco Madero

b)

Porfirio Díaz

c)

Victoriano Huerta

d)

Venustiano Carranza

8.

What even set off the Mexican Revolution?

a)

Francisco Madero demanded free elections

b)

Victoriano Huerta was assassinated

c)

The Constitution of 1917 was adopted

d)

Venustiano Carranza defeated Villa and Zapata

9.

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

a)

Peace came to Mexico

b)

Violent civil war and millions of deaths

c)

The immediate adoption of a new democratic constitution

d)

The invasion of Mexico by the United States

10.

He was a liberal reformer, was democratically elected in 1911. But within two years he was assassinated by one of his generals, Victoriano Huerta.

a)

Emiliano Zapata

b)

Francisco “Pancho” Villa

c)

Venustiano Carranza

d)

Francisco Madero

11.

He began a revolt in the North of Mexico against Diaz in 1911 and later formed his own army of Rebels to oppose Huerta, and later Carranza. In 1916, he led his rebels to invade the United States because the US backed Carranza.

a)

Diego Rivera

b)

Emiliano Zapata

c)

Francisco “Pancho” Villa

d)

Porfirio Díaz

12.

He became president of Mexico in 1917. A new constitution passed, but reforms were slow to materialize.

a)

Venustiano Carranza

b)

Lázaro Cárdenas

c)

José Clemente Orozco

d)

David Alfaro Siqueiros