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The Mexican Constitution of 1917 established universal male suffrage, promoted secularism, workers' rights, economic nationalism, and land reform, and enhanced the power of the federal government. [ 16] Carranza became President of Mexico in 1917, serving a term ending in 1920.
Francisco " Pancho " Villa ( UK: / ˈpæntʃoʊ ˈviːə / PAN-choh VEE-ə, [ 3][ 4] US: / ˈpɑːntʃoʊ ˈviː ( j) ə / PAHN-choh VEE- (y)ə, [ 3][ 5] Spanish: [ˈpantʃo ˈβiʎa]; born José Doroteo Arango Arámbula; 5 June 1878 – 20 July 1923) was a Mexican revolutionary and general in the Mexican Revolution. He was a key figure in the ...
The Myth of the Mexican Revolution: Hero Cults and the Institutionalization of the Mexican State. New York: Greeenwood Press 1986. Ornelas, Carlos. "The Politics of Privatisation, Decentralisation and Education Reform in Mexico." International Review of Education 50 (3–4), 2004: 397–418; Raby, David L. Educación y revolución social en ...
v. t. e. Francisco Ignacio Madero González ( Spanish pronunciation: [fɾanˈsisko jɣˈnasjo maˈðeɾo ɣonˈsales]; 30 October 1873 – 22 February 1913) was a Mexican businessman, revolutionary, writer and statesman, who served as the 37th president of Mexico from 1911 until he was deposed in a coup d'état in February 1913 and assassinated ...
The First Mexican Republic, known also as the First Federal Republic (Spanish: Primera República Federal ), existed from 1824 to 1835. It was a federated republic, established by the Constitution of 1824, the first constitution of independent Mexico, and officially designated the United Mexican States (Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos, listen ...
The Plan of San Luis Potosí ( Spanish: Plan de San Luis) is a key political document of the Mexican Revolution, written by presidential candidate Francisco I. Madero following his escape from jail. He had challenged President Porfirio Díaz in the 1910 presidential elections, when Díaz was 80 years old, and garnered a broadbased following.
José Venustiano Carranza de la Garza ( Spanish pronunciation: [benusˈtjano kaˈransa ðe la ˈɣaɾsa]; 29 December 1859 – 21 May 1920) was a Mexican land owner and politician who served as President of Mexico from 1917 until his assassination in 1920, during the Mexican Revolution. He was previously Mexico's de facto head of state as ...
People of Mexican descent, including U.S.-born citizens, were put on trains and buses and deported to Mexico during the Great Depression. In Los Angeles, up to 75,000 were deported by train in one ...