WorksheetsMexican Revolution
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 9mins
Who became the president after Diaz resigned?
Francisco I. Madero
Victoriano Huerta
"Pancho" Villa
Emiliano Zapata
Who was Emiliano Zapata?
Man who won against Porfirio Diaz
Harsh general who was for the Hacienda System
Northern "rebel" who wanted social reform
Farmer from south with Native American heritage who wanted land reform
Who was Victoriano Huerta?
A power hungry general that did not want to get rid of the Hacienda System who had Francisco Madero assassinated.
Man who wanted free elections and won against Porfirio Diaz.
President of Mexico who ruled for over 30 years.
Rebel from the north who wanted social change.
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.
Francisco Madero
Porfirio Díaz
Victoriano Huerta
Venustiano Carranza
What even set off the Mexican Revolution?
Francisco Madero demanded free elections
Victoriano Huerta was assassinated
The Constitution of 1917 was adopted
Venustiano Carranza defeated Villa and 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
He was a liberal reformer, was democratically elected in 1911. But within two years he was assassinated by one of his generals, Victoriano Huerta.
Emiliano Zapata
Francisco “Pancho” Villa
Venustiano Carranza
Francisco Madero
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.
Diego Rivera
Emiliano Zapata
Francisco “Pancho” Villa
Porfirio Díaz
He became president of Mexico in 1917. A new constitution passed, but reforms were slow to materialize.
Venustiano Carranza
Lázaro Cárdenas
José Clemente Orozco
David Alfaro Siqueiros
