Unit 19: Paper 3 (HL) — History of the Americas
Topic 19.11: The Mexican Revolution (1884–1940) Questions
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In the Bucareli Agreements of 1923, Obregón agreed not to apply which article of the 1917 Constitution retroactively against US oil companies?
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Choose the correct meaning of Porfirio Díaz's phrase "pan o palo."
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Choose the location of the 1906 strike in which copper miners demanding equal pay with American workers were suppressed with the help of American volunteers.
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What was the PRM, founded by Cárdenas in 1938?
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Choose the event that occurred in 1908 and prompted Francisco Madero to challenge Díaz for the presidency.
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Which US policy shift explains why Washington did not intervene militarily after Mexico's 1938 oil expropriation?
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Evaluate the importance of the hacienda system and debt peonage as causes of the Mexican Revolution.
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What event directly triggered the outbreak of the Cristero War in 1926?
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Discuss the methods Porfirio Díaz used to maintain his dictatorship between 1884 and 1911.
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To what extent was the Creelman Interview responsible for the outbreak of the Mexican Revolution in 1910?
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Compare and contrast the causes of two revolutions/revolutionary movements you have studied, each from a different region, one of which may be the Mexican Revolution.
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Analyse the impact of foreign economic investment on the causes of the Mexican Revolution.
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Examine the significance of the Cananea (1906) and Río Blanco (1907) strikes in undermining the Porfiriato.
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Choose the document, issued by Madero from Texas, that declared the 1910 election void and called for armed revolt on 20 November 1910.
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Discuss the reasons why Francisco Madero's Plan of San Luis Potosí succeeded in ending Porfirio Díaz's rule by May 1911.
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Evaluate the claim that the Mexican Revolution was primarily caused by long-term structural inequalities rather than the political actions of individuals such as Díaz and Madero.
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To what extent was Porfirio Díaz's fall from power in 1911 the result of his own political miscalculations?
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Choose the approximate percentage of Mexico's land owned by roughly 1% of the population by 1910, according to the platform.
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Approximately how much land did Cárdenas redistribute between 1934 and 1940?
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Analyse the role of political parties in consolidating one-party dominance in Mexico between 1929 and 1938.
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