<P> The Mexican Revolution ( Spanish : Revolución Mexicana ) also known as the Mexican Civil War ( Spanish : Guerra civil mexicana ) was a major armed struggle , lasting roughly from 1910 to 1920 , that radically transformed Mexican culture and government . Although recent research has focused on local and regional aspects of the Revolution , it was a `` genuinely national revolution '' . Its outbreak in 1910 resulted from the failure of the 35 - year - long regime of Porfirio Díaz to find a managed solution to the presidential succession . This meant there was a political crisis among competing elites and the opportunity for agrarian insurrection . Wealthy landowner Francisco I. Madero challenged Díaz in the 1910 presidential election , and following the rigged results , revolted under the Plan of San Luis Potosí . Armed conflict ousted Díaz from power ; a new election was held in 1911 , bringing Madero to the presidency . </P>
<P> The Mexican Revolution ( Spanish : Revolución Mexicana ) also known as the Mexican Civil War ( Spanish : Guerra civil mexicana ) was a major armed struggle , lasting roughly from 1910 to 1920 , that radically transformed Mexican culture and government . Although recent research has focused on local and regional aspects of the Revolution , it was a `` genuinely national revolution '' . Its outbreak in 1910 resulted from the failure of the 35 - year - long regime of Porfirio Díaz to find a managed solution to the presidential succession . This meant there was a political crisis among competing elites and the opportunity for agrarian insurrection . Wealthy landowner Francisco I. Madero challenged Díaz in the 1910 presidential election , and following the rigged results , revolted under the Plan of San Luis Potosí . Armed conflict ousted Díaz from power ; a new election was held in 1911 , bringing Madero to the presidency . </P>
who was a leader of the mexican revolution that took place in the early twentieth century
who was a leader of the mexican revolution that took place in the early twentieth century
Francisco I. Madero
Francisco I. Madero