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Revolution of 1920

Contents

Origins and progress of the revolutionary movement against the Carranza Government—Requests by United States representatives in Mexico for naval protection; dispatch of United States ships to Mexican ports—Overthrow and death of President Carranza and the election of Adolfo de la Huerta as Provisional President—Withdrawal of United States naval units from Mexican territorial waters—Suppression of counter-revolutionary movements (Documents 115–189)