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| The dictator who ruled in Mexico before the Revolution. He brought the government from it’s weak, bankrupt state to a prosperous progressive one. Still, he distributed the land unfairly between the rich and the poor (peones.) |
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| A former peon who defeated Diaz’s troops. He later challenged Carranza over who would claim Huerta’s government, and lost. |
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| A Peon leader who had originally helped to bring Madero into power that fought against him. |
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| An early revolutionary who was known for his “democratic ideas and sympathy for the poor.” He declared himself president after debasing Diaz’s elections as fraudulent. This began the third Mexican Revolution. After winning, became president and was a total failure because he did not redistribute the land to the peones. |
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| The vice president to Madero who was arrested and assassinated. |
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| Madero’s minister of war who had his own eye on the presidency. He jailed Madero and Suarez in a coup d’etat, and they were both assassinated. He was next in line to take over. He brutally ruled over Mexico, constantly drunk. |
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| The revolutionary against Huerta who eventually defeated him. He was an unpopular leader and was driven out of Mexico. |
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| The general of the revolution against Huerta and won. He became president after Carranza was run out. He was killed by a religious fanatic before he could take office. |
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| Porfirio Diaz’s nephew who led a revolt against Madero. |
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| The bloody ten day battle between Huerta (Madero’s government) and Felix Diaz. Thousands of citizens died. |
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| The rich, upper class, and owners who lived lives of absurd luxury. |
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| The government under Porfirio Diaz. |
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| A district in Mexico named after Benito Juarez, a full blooded Zapotec Indian who became president (pre-revolution.) |
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| The old building in Mexico City in which Felix Diaz took refuge with his troops during the tragic ten days of fighting. |
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| The propaganda center where workers could unionized during Madero’s rule. |
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| A protest/demonstration against the government. |
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| El Castillo de Chapultapec |
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| A castle built by the Aztecs in which former presidents and other rulers presided. |
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| The revolutionary newspaper that Don Justo decided to burn down because he could not get them to be quiet about the protests. |
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| The law that says that a prisoner trying to escape may be shot. Huerta’s government used this law to kill their enemies. |
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