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Mexican History A-Z

Guess the people, places,and things from Mexican history starting with each letter of the alphabet.
Unless otherwise specified, all letters of the alphabet represent a person's first name.
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A
Nickname of the 201st Fighter Squadron that fought in World War II
Aztec Eagles
B
Governor of Nuevo León who alongside José Yves Limantour was seen as a potential sucessor to Porfirio Díaz
Bernardo Reyes
C
Wife of Maximilian I of Mexico
Carlota of Mexico
D
Multi-day coup d'état in February of 1913 during the Revolution
Decena Trágica
E
The last of the uninterrupted 71-year line of presidents from the Institutional Revolutionary Party
Ernesto Zedillo
F
Second oil tanker whose sinking by Germany contributed to Mexico's declaration of war
Faja de Oro
G
English name for the agreement of 1854 in which the US purchased a relatively small region of northern Mexico
Gadsen Purchase
H
Patron of Tenochtitlan and main deity of the Mexicas
Huītzilōpōchtli
I
Liberal president immediately before Benito Juárez who was the author of many of the Reform laws
Ignacio Comonfort
J
Last viceroy of New Spain, who ratified the Treaty of Córdoba
Juan O'Donojú
K
Last name of a popular painter known for her self-portraits
Frida Kahlo
L
President who nationalized all petroleum reserves and foreign oil companies in 1938
Lázaro Cárdenas
M
Anarcho-Communist movement whose followers caused a rebellion in Baja California in 1911
Magonism
N
Lingua franca of the Aztec Empire, variants of which are still spoken by over a million people
Nahuatl
O
Earliest known major Mesoamerican civilization
Olmecs
P
Common name for the First French Intervention
Pastry War
Q
Cradle of Mexican Independence and the site of a conspiracy who started the armed struggle against Spain
Querétaro
R
Spanish NKVD agent who assasinated an important Bolshevik revolutionary in Mexico City
Ramón Mercader
S
Main site of the Bear Flag Revolt in 1846 during the Mexican-American War
Sonoma County
T
Conservative soldier of Otomi origin who was executed alongside Emperor Maximilian and General Miramón
Tomás Mejía
U
University that was the birthplace of the Mexican Movement of 1968 and hosted the 1968 Summer Olympics
UNAM
V
President who proclaimed the Plan of Guadalupe and died due to the Plan of Agua Prieta
Venustiano Carranza
W
American filibuster who declared the Republic of Baja California and the Republic of Sonora
William Walker
X
City in Veracruz in which the Battle of Cerro Gordo happened
Xalapa
Y
Series of armed conflict in Sonora which were the longest and last conflicts of the Mexican Indian Wars
Yaqui Wars
Z
State which rebelled in 1935 against the centralist government as part of the Mexican Federalist War
Zacatecas
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