Mexican Revolution Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 3. The leader who was President when Mexico defeated France
- 4. The women who fought during the Mexican Revolution
- 5. US police that came into Mexico and killed workers who went on strike
- 8. The general who fought for the poor majority in the North
- 12. Mexican woman who became a colonel in Pancho Villa's army
- 13. The name of the police that killed or arrested people for speaking out against the dictatorship
- 14. The number of years that the Mexican Revolution lasted
- 15. The army of the church in Mexico; they burned schools and killed teachers
- 17. Journalist who led Las Hijas de Cuahtemoc and became a colonel for Zapata
- 21. _____ and liberty
- 22. The US general that tried to kill Pancho Villa
- 24. What the rich people did to Zapata after he met with them
- 25. Mexican president who gave land back to people in Mexico; he also took over the banks, oil, and mines so that the profit could go to the poor majority instead of the rich minority
- 26. A form of resistance when workers decided to stop working in Sonora
- 27. The general who killed Madero and became president after him
Down
- 1. Indigenous journalist, teacher, and doctor who fought against capitalism
- 2. What the poor people in Mexico wanted
- 6. The country that gave weapons and trains to the rich people in Mexico to stop the poor people from taking over, then invaded Mexico for the second time
- 7. The brothers who spoke out against the dicatorship, hid from the government police, and took over Baja California
- 8. The name of the rule of the military dictatorship before the Mexican Revolution
- 9. The general who fought for Carranza and the rich minority
- 10. What the rich people in Mexico wanted
- 11. "Before the revolution began, it seemed that it would be ______to change the country"
- 15. The rich person who owned haciendas and became president after Huerta
- 16. The military dictator of Mexico before the Mexican Revolution
- 18. The general who fought for the poor majority in the South
- 19. The president after Obregon who was corrupt
- 20. The metal that workers in Mexico mined in Sonora for low pay
- 23. The rich person who became president against the dictatorship, but kept the same people from the old dictatorship