Mexico in Revolution, 1912-1920

Part of the Reacting to the Past series, Mexico in Revolution, 1912-1920 invites students to stabilize Mexico's fragile government and debate a variety of reforms

The year is 1912, and Francisco Madero is president of Mexico. Just last year he and his top general ousted the long-standing president (some say dictator) Porfirio Díaz, who is now in exile. But the country is far from stable. A basic cultural rift between elite and the poor portends a sequence of tumbling revolts. Students are as...