Word: revolutionize
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Last week the Mexican presidential campaign broke out in bloody revolt and boded well to be settled on the battlefields rather than in the ballot boxes. As the week wore on the summary executions of one of the two opposition candidates and many supporting generals seemed to hold promise of...
The immediate cause of the attempted revolution was the opposition of Generals Serrano and Gomez to the re-election of General Obregon, they being the only candidates standing against Obregon. The fundamental cause of the revolt may be attributed to the almost traditional resort to arms of Mexican aspirants to...
Despite statements from the Calles government that the revolt had been "smothered," it was by no means certain that the situation was so roseate as officials painted it. Rumors continued to pour in stating that the revolt was shaping itself into a veritable revolution. Somewhere between the two sets of...
"The French Revolution of 1830", Professor Langer, Harvard 6.
"The French Revolution of 1830", Professor Langer Harvard 6.