Historian Julia Young has studied the “diaspora” created by this conflict, including some who founded a National Synarchist Union. As revenge for the death of his brother, a fighter in this conflict burned wounded civilians alive in a passenger train he had derailed to seize a supposed shipment of money. To agree to participate in this conflict, Enrique Gorostieta uniquely requested a life insurance policy. To end this conflict, the arreglos (“ah-RAY-glose”) were brokered by an American nicknamed the “ham and eggs” diplomat. Rebels in this conflict were assisted by secret “feminine brigades” named for Joan of Arc. American Ambassador Dwight Morrow intervened in this conflict, which Pope Pius XI denounced in a set of encyclicals criticizing the PRI (“pree”). For 10 points, name this 1920s conflict that pitted Catholic partisans against the Plutarco Calles (“KAI-yase”) administration in Mexico. ■END■
ANSWER: Cristero War [or Guerra Cristera; or Cristero Revolt or La Cristiada; accept Mexican Exodus: Emigrants, Exiles, and Refugees of the Cristero War] (Father José Reyes Vega was responsible for the burning train incident.)
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