Mexican Revolution

What was the Hacienda System?

• Large estates where peasants worked on land, mines, and factories and owners made lots of money

• Diaz's private circle of people

• People who wanted a constitution that would benefit Hacienda owners

What were Cientificos?

• Followers of Pancho Villa

• Muralists during the Mexican Revolution

• The close circle around Porfirio Diaz

• Owners of Haciendas that peasants worked on

What was the Porfiriato?

• The year Porfirio Diaz was born

• The name of the time period that Diaz was president

• The year Porfirio Diaz was taken down

What were Soldaderas?

• Female workers on Hacienda systems

• Male soldiers in the Mexican Revolution

• Porfirio Diaz's soldiers

• Women that participated in the Mexican Revolution

What was the Maximato?

• The time while Diaz was president

• Porfirio Diaz's close group

• The time while Calles was president

Who was Porfirio Diaz?

• An activist for the indigenous people of mexico

• A harsh military general

• A long time president, who let foreign investors invade Mexico

• Popular rebel deemed as a "criminal" who fought in the revolution

Who was Francisco Madero

• Man who took down Porfirio Diaz, wrote "Plant of San Luis Potosi"

• Military general who served for a year and put down revolts

• Revolutionary who fought to give back land

Who was Poncho Villa?

• Man who wrote Plan de San Luis

• A famous revolutionary "rebel" from the North who wanted social Change

• Farmer from south with Native American heritage who wanted land reform

Who was Emiliano Zapata?

• Man who won against Porfirio Diaz

• Harsh general who was for the Hacienda System

• Northern "rebel" who wanted social reform

• Farmer from south with Native American heritage who wanted land reform

Who was Victoriano Huerta?

• A power hungry general that did not want to get rid of the Hacienda System

• Man who wanted free elections and won against Porfirio Diaz

• President of Mexico who ruled for over 30 years

• Rebel from the north who wanted social change