# Canonical recap data for Mexican Revolution's Institutional Phase (1920)
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slug: mexican-revolution-institutional
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1920/mexican-revolution-institutional"
title: Mexican Revolution's Institutional Phase
subtitle: The Sonora faction consolidated power after a decade of civil war, establishing the institutional revolutionary state that would dominate Mexico for decades.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1920-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1920
decade: 1920
country:
name: Mexico
slug: mexico
summaryShort: The Mexican Revolution was an extended sequence of armed regional conflicts in Mexico from 20 November 1910 to 1 December 1920. It has been called "the defining event of modern Mexican history". It saw the destruction of the Federal Army, its replacement by a revolutionary army, and the transformation of Mexican cultur
summaryLong: The Mexican Revolution was an extended sequence of armed regional conflicts in Mexico from 20 November 1910 to 1 December 1920. It has been called "the defining event of modern Mexican history". It saw the destruction of the Federal Army, its replacement by a revolutionary army, and the transformation of Mexican culture and government. The northern Constitutionalist faction prevailed on the battlefield and drafted the present-day Constitution of Mexico, which aimed to create a strong central government. Revolutionary generals held power from 1920 to 1940. The revolutionary conflict was primarily a civil war, but foreign powers, having important economic and strategic interests in Mexico, figured in the outcome of Mexico's power struggles; the U.S. involvement was particularly high. The conflict led to the deaths of around one million people, mostly non-combatants.
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heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Mexican Revolution"
importance: 86
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Revolution"
  title: Mexican Revolution
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- war
- revolution
metaDescription: The Mexican Revolution was an extended sequence of armed regional conflicts in Mexico from 20 November 1910 to 1 December 1920. It has been called "the defining
wikidataQid: Q214426
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260606050832/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Revolution"
  capturedAt: 2026-06-06
  label: Mexican Revolution
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Revolution"
taxonomy:
domain: military
eventTypes:
- civil_war
canonicalClasses:
- conflict
- collapse
impactRadius: national
velocity: gradual
predictability: forecastable
intentionality: coordinated
domainCoupling: multi_domain
