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How did the Mexican Revolution end?

The Mexican Revolution did not end in a “clean” way; that is, there was no clear end to the revolution, like a final battle or the signing of a peace treaty. Instead, the revolution sort of sputtered to an end. Historians do not all agree as to when the revolution ended. Let us look at two answers they might give:


First, we could say that the revolution ended in 1920. It was at this point that the main violence of the revolution ended. 1920 was the year in which the last revolution-related assassination or execution of a president occurred. In 1920, Venustiano Carranza was president. He lost support and ended up being assassinated. He was eventually replaced by Alvaro Obregon, who served a full term as president. In a sense, you could say Carranza's and Obregon's election marked the end of the revolution.


We could also say the revolution did not end until 1934, when Lazaro Cardenas became president of Mexico. He was the first truly reformist president to come to power after the revolution. He instituted many of the reforms that the revolution was supposed to address. He was also, in a sense, a founder of the PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party) that ruled Mexico until the election of 2000. This can be seen as the end of the revolution, as there was no real organized violence after this year and because Cardenas’s rise to power marked the beginning of the time when the government was really working towards the revolution's goals.


We can say, then, that the revolution ended either with the death of Carranza or when Cardenas became president.

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