Mexican American Revolution Essay
Back in the year 1910, middle-class workers in Mexico protested the dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz who ruled for more than 30 years. (Knight, historytoday.com) It was the first major social revolution of the twentieth century. Like most dictatorships, power and wealth were only given to a select few, and injustice was everywhere. Diaz was not always a dictator, though. He was once a hero in an earlier revolution. Sadly, he didn’t know when to end his rule and kept his rule through bribery and rigging elections. Things such as the length of Diaz’s rule, the socioeconomic inequality, famines and food shortages, and political repression caused the people of Mexico to have a revolution. After the rule of Diaz, people thought that things would get
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They had very few opportunities to rank up into to higher class. More and more people were becoming peasants and eventually, there were about 12 million peasants. Important crops such as corn and cotton were starting to fail. Because of this, many food riots began to happen. (quora.com) The whole country was starting to collapse. There were almost no middle-class people and the ones who were middle-class started to become peasants around the time of these food shortages.
Early in the twentieth century, a generation of young leaders wanted to participate in the political life of their country. These young leaders were denied the opportunity because the leaders that already had power were not just going to give it up. This generation thought that …show more content…
Finally, after being able to keep his rule year after year, he was taken out of office because of the revolution that started to get him out. Francisco Madero became president and didn’t last long. He was later assassinated. After Madero, Victoriano Huerta took power. But Huerta didn’t last long either. He was overthrown in 1914. Finally, Venustiano Carranza took power and the revolution came to an end soon after. The revolution was meant to get rid of Diaz, but it ended up lasting and also got rid of two presidents after
They had very few opportunities to rank up into to higher class. More and more people were becoming peasants and eventually, there were about 12 million peasants. Important crops such as corn and cotton were starting to fail. Because of this, many food riots began to happen. (quora.com) The whole country was starting to collapse. There were almost no middle-class people and the ones who were middle-class started to become peasants around the time of these food shortages.
Early in the twentieth century, a generation of young leaders wanted to participate in the political life of their country. These young leaders were denied the opportunity because the leaders that already had power were not just going to give it up. This generation thought that …show more content…
Finally, after being able to keep his rule year after year, he was taken out of office because of the revolution that started to get him out. Francisco Madero became president and didn’t last long. He was later assassinated. After Madero, Victoriano Huerta took power. But Huerta didn’t last long either. He was overthrown in 1914. Finally, Venustiano Carranza took power and the revolution came to an end soon after. The revolution was meant to get rid of Diaz, but it ended up lasting and also got rid of two presidents after