Mexican History and Politics

Reform, Revolution and the Modern State

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  1. Which treaty ended the Mexican-American War in 1848?
  2. Benito Juarez, who became a national hero as president, belonged to which Indigenous people?
  3. What did the Reform Laws of the 1850s and 1860s mainly aim to do?
  4. On which date is the Battle of Puebla of 1862 remembered, when Mexican forces beat the French?
  5. Who was the Austrian archduke installed by France as emperor of Mexico in 1864?
  6. Which general ruled Mexico for most of the period 1876 to 1911, known as the Porfiriato?
  7. Which plan of 1910 called on Mexicans to rise up against Diaz on 20 November?
  8. Which revolutionary leader of the south demanded land reform under the slogan Land and Liberty?
  9. Which army did Pancho Villa command during the Revolution?
  10. Which constitution, drafted in the city of Queretaro, is still in force in Mexico?
  11. Which article of the 1917 Constitution says land and subsoil resources originally belong to the nation?
  12. Which president nationalised the foreign oil companies on 18 March 1938?
  13. Which party, founded in 1929 as the National Revolutionary Party, governed Mexico without a break until 2000?
  14. What happened on 2 October 1968 at the Plaza of the Three Cultures in Mexico City?
  15. In which year did Mexican women first win the right to vote in federal elections by constitutional reform?
  16. What two events happened in Mexico on 1 January 1994?
  17. How many states, besides Mexico City, make up the Mexican federation?
  18. How long is the term of the Mexican president, and may he or she be re-elected?
  19. How many members does the Mexican Chamber of Deputies have, alongside a Senate of 128 seats?
  20. What is the official name of the country?
  21. Which holiday is observed on 20 November?
  22. Which president was murdered in 1913 during the events called the Tragic Ten Days?
  23. Which conflict of 1926 to 1929 was fought over the anti-clerical laws of the 1917 Constitution?
  24. In which city was the 1917 Constitution approved?
  25. Which 1855 revolt, launched in the state of Guerrero, overthrew Santa Anna for the last time?

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