Unit 11: Paper 3 — History of the Americas (HL)
Topic 11.6: The Mexican Revolution (1884–1940) Questions
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Which document, issued from exile in Texas, called on Mexicans to rise up on 20 November 1910 and marks the revolution's official outbreak?
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Who served as Obregón's education minister and built thousands of rural schools to spread literacy after 1920?
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At which battle in 1915 did Álvaro Obregón's forces decisively defeat Pancho Villa's cavalry?
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Which general seized power from Madero in 1913 during the events known as the 'Ten Tragic Days'?
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In which year did Porfirio Díaz first seize power, beginning the period known as the Porfiriato?
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What term describes the communal village land that was widely seized by haciendas under Díaz's rule?
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Why did Woodrow Wilson refuse to recognize Victoriano Huerta's government in 1913?
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What was the immediate strategic purpose of the US occupation of Veracruz in April 1914?
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What did the Zimmermann Telegram of 1917 propose?
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Which Mexican president founded the Partido Nacional Revolucionario (PNR) in 1929?
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Why did Pancho Villa's Division of the North lose military strength after 1915?
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What event directly provoked the Cristero War (1926-1929)?
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Which reform, completed by Lazaro Cardenas in 1938, delivered on a long-delayed revolutionary promise linked to Article 27 of the 1917 Constitution?
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Which article of the 1917 Constitution declared that the nation, not private individuals, ultimately owned all land, water, and subsoil resources?
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Evaluate the claim that US military intervention (the Veracruz occupation of 1914 and the Punitive Expedition of 1916-17) achieved its goals.
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Approximately how many hectares of land did Lázaro Cárdenas redistribute as ejidos during his presidency (1934-1940)?
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To what extent do you agree with the claim that the social and cultural impact of the Mexican Revolution mattered more than its political and economic impact?
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Discuss the view that diplomacy was a more effective tool of foreign influence over the Mexican Revolution than military force.
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To what extent do you agree with the claim that economic self-interest, rather than genuine strategic or moral concern, was the main reason for US involvement in the Mexican Revolution?
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Evaluate the claim that the promises of the Mexican Revolution were fulfilled for women and Indigenous communities by 1940.
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