Who did Obregón support after the February 1913 coup d'état against Francisco I. Madero?
General Victoriano Huerta
Governor Venustiano Carranza
General Pancho Villa
President Francisco I. Madero
Answer
Venustiano Carranza, the governor of Coahuila, received Obregón's support after the February 1913 coup against Madero. Carranza emerged as the leader of the Constitutionalist faction, which sought to restore the 1917 constitution and oust Huerta, who had taken power through a military coup.
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