Mexican Revolution Vocabulary

Flashcards about the Mexican Revolution, covering leaders, events, and key concepts. These cards focus on vocabulary related to the revolution.

Porfiriato

The period of rule under José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori, characterized by modernization and economic boom but also oppression.

Cientificos

A group of technical experts within the government under Diaz.

Latifundio

Large estates with enslaved people, denounced in The Great National problem book advocating for land reform.

Plan of San Luis Potosi

Proposed by Madero, it declared Diaz's government illegal and called for free elections.

Treaty of Ciudad Juarez

An agreement that removed Diaz from power but left the existing institutions mostly untouched.

Plan of Ayala

A plan created by Zapata that declared land taken by the government should be returned to its original owners.

Henry Lane Wilson

U.S. Ambassador who became hostile to Madero and secretly worked with Diaz and Huerta.

Plan of Guadalupe

A plan by Venustiano Carranza to overthrow dictator Huerta and restore constitutional government. No social changes mentioned.

Ejido

A focal point of the agrarian reform under Cardenas, redistributing land to the peasantry.

Nacional Financiera

A government bank and investment corporation that used funds to make industrial loans and finance public welfare under Cardenas.

Bucareli Agreement

Confirmed article 27 was not retroactive and Obregon agreed to pay compensation for damages to American property during the revolution

Casa del Obrero Mundial

Shut down by Carranza. Radical labor organization

PNR (National Revolutionary Party)

Organized by Calles as an instrument for pacifying the country and institutionalizing the rule of the 'revolutionary family'

Confederacion Regional Obrera Mexicana (CROM)

Only governmental labor union so highly valued, led by Luis Morones