Mexican Revolution

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/mexican-revolution

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the primary period of armed conflict?1910-1920
2. What is the key pre-revolutionary policy?Ley Lerdo, which facilitated the concentration of land ownership
3. What started the Mexican Revolution?The Mexican Revolution started in 1910 because many people were unhappy with Porfirio Díaz's rule, which kept most land for a few rich people and made workers in cities treated badly.
4. Why did peasants want their land back?Peasants wanted their land back because laws like Ley Lerdo had taken their ancestral lands, so they wanted the communal lands (ejidos) returned so they could farm again.

Campesino: A rural peasant farmer in Mexico, often landless during the Porfiriato.
Ejido: A communal landholding system in Mexico, central to agrarian reform demands.
Constitutionalists: The faction led by Venustiano Carranza that ultimately prevailed and drafted the 1917 Constitution.
Plan of Ayala: Emiliano Zapata's manifesto demanding land redistribution and challenging Madero's presidency.