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Date 1910 - 1920
Location Mexico

Did You Know?

  • Many key figures of the Mexican Revolution, including Venustiano Carranza, Francisco Madero, �lvaro Obreg�n, Pancho Villa, and Emiliano Zapata, were eventually assassinated.
  • Over twice as many Mexicans died in the Mexican Revolution as did Americans in World War II.

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combatant in the Mexican Revolution
Porfirio Díaz
Francisco Madero
arrest of Francisco Madero, February 9, 1913
Mexican Revolution insurrectionists
Mexican army officers during the Mexican Revolution
John J. Pershing
Venustiano Carranza
portrait of Francisco Madero in local newspaper
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Porfirio Díaz
Porfirio Díaz
president of Mexico
Victoriano Huerta, 1915
Victoriano Huerta
president of Mexico
Emiliano Zapata
Emiliano Zapata
Mexican revolutionary
Francisco Madero
Francisco Madero
president of Mexico
Pancho Villa
Pancho Villa
Mexican revolutionary
Álvaro Obregón
Álvaro Obregón
president of Mexico
Venustiano Carranza
Venustiano Carranza
president of Mexico
Calles
Plutarco Elías Calles
president of Mexico
Martín Luis Guzmán
Mexican writer

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