Mexican Revolution
Mexican Revolution Mexican Revolution, during the years from 1910 to 1920, was one of the most turbulent periods in Mexican History. Frustrated by a generation of dictatorship and political instability, various sectors of Mexican society united to overthrow the government. ... Even though the Revolution failed to completely transform the old neofeudal and capitalist practices, it was the first effort of the twentieth century in Mexico, to divide the past from the present and future. ... A month before, on February 5, the Constitution of 1917 was adopted, which infuriated Catholics with its anticlerical provisions (Mexican). ... Obregón had gone into temporary retirement, but on June 1, 1919, he declared his candidacy for the June 1920 presidential election (Mexican). ... On June 1 Governor Adolfo de la Huerta of Sonora was installed by Congress as interim president (Mexican). ... While the Revolution has led Mexico out of a dictatorship, the country has been left in ruins, hundreds of thousands of Mexicans have been killed or have fled across the border, the economy at a standstill, and the countryside destroyed.