Round 15: Tossup 2

Stanley R. Ross translated essays mourning the legacy of this conflict in the anthology Is [this conflict] Dead? Photos from this conflict, like that of a teacher nicknamed “Pistol,” were taken by the namesake of the Casasola Archive. Statesmen from this conflict’s metaphorical “family” are buried in a monument converted from the dome of the unfinished Legislative Palace. (10[1])This conflict’s women were idealized as “Adelitas” (10[1])by the so-called (10[1])“perfect dictatorship” (10[1])that followed it. (10[1]-5[2])After (-5[1])this conflict, (10[2])the country’s first (10[1])Secretary of Public Education created thousands of rural schools (-5[1])and theorized (10[1])a “cosmic race.” (10[1]-5[1])This conflict (-5[1])was mythologized in the next decade (10[1]-5[1])by José Vasconcelos, who funded public depictions of it by “Los Tres Grandes” under Álvaro Obregón. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[2])what conflict is referenced in the name of the PRI? ■END■ (10[8]0[3])

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