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People 3
Leaders of Mexico - Section 3
Question | Answer |
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Founder of PRI and was placed in charge of tourism after presidency | Miguel Aleman (r. 1946-52) |
Reversed revolutionary changes, used WWII as an excuse to enact a conservative agenda, and declared the Revolution finished | Manuel Avila Camacho (r. 1940-46) |
PAN candidate who won the 2006 elections by a narrow victory | Felipe Calderon (r. 2006- ) |
Founder of PNR and his campaign against the Church resulted in Cristero Rebellion | Plutarco Elias Calles (r. 1924-28) |
Founder of PRM; more radical than Maximato presidents and aligned with lower class values | Lazaro Cardenas (r. 1934-40) |
Promoted land redistribution, nationalized oil industry, but ultimately ended the revolution by shifting focus to urban issues | Lazaro Cardenas (r. 1934-40) |
Constitutionalist leader during Revolution of 1910; organized forces against Huerta | Venustiano Carranza (r. 1917-20) |
Vice president under Profirio Diaz | Ramon Corral (r. 1910-11) |
Provisional president who was appointed to oversee the election of Madero | Francisco de la Barra (r. May 25-November 5, 1911) |
PAN candidate who won the election of 2000, ending 70 years of one-party rule | Vicente Fox (r. 2000-06) |
General who served under Madero during the Tragic Ten Days but eventually betrayed him by plotting with Felix Diaz to oust him | Victoriano Huerta (r. 1913-14) |
Grandson of Evaristo Madero and a critic of Porfirio Diaz who wanted more democracy | Francisco I. Madero (r. 1911-13) |
Led a failed conservative revolt against Diaz regime, inciting Revolution | Francisco I. Madero (r. 1911-13) |
Constitutionalist leader during Revolution and was a general under Carranza | Alvaro Obregon (r. 1920-24) |
Broke his promise to help Felix Diaz become president and faced opposition from the U.S. and the Constitutionalist during presidency | Victoriano Huerta (r. 1913-14) |
Maximato president who suffered from perception as a presidential puppet | Pascual Ortiz Rubio (r. 1930-32) |
Maximato president who ended the Cristero Rebellion | Emilio Portes Gil (r. 1928-30) |
Maximato president who consolidated labor patronage and moved away from land reform | Abelardo L. Rodriguez (r. 1932-34) |
Proposed NAFTA | Carlos Salinas de Gortari (r. 1988-94) |
Vice President under Francisco Madero | Pino Suarez (r. 1911-13) |