Mexican Revolution
1910-1920 BY Liz Villa
What happened?
The Mexican Revolution started in 1910 when Francisco Madero decided to run against Diaz who had been president since 1876. When Madero ran for presidency against Diaz he was incarcerated by Diaz's orders and said he had won the elections. According to Louise the author of The Mexican Revolution when this happened, the revolutionary leaders, Francisco (Pancho) Villa, Pascual Orozco, and Emiliano Zapata fought to have Diaz out of office. Finally in 1911 Diaz left the country and Francisco Madero, a social justice advocate, became the president. Madero was then assasinated by the General Victorino Huerta and became president himself in 1913. The revolutionary leaders Zapata, Villa, and Orozco kept fighting for justice along with the Mexicans. They wanted to have a good president and since Mexico had a total of 7 different presidents in one decade, Mexicans had their right to rebel to get justice.
Although there was a lof of battles and deaths during the revolution, there was some good effects. In 1917 when Carranza was leading the constitutional convention the Mexican Constitution was signed. According to Jesse Greenspam, the author of the article on History.com states that in the constitution people had to get paid a minimum wage and have their basic human rights in the workplace (Greenspam). Towards the end of the revolution Emiliano Zapata was assassinated through the orders of President Carranza in 1919. Since Zapata had been a major contributor to the justice of revolution the Mexican people rebelled against him and was also assassinated. That same year Alvarado Obregon became the president of Mexico and the revolution ended. According to the book 6 Things You May Not Know About The Mexican Revolution article even though the revolution ended, there was still a lot of battles, deaths, and conflicts in the country (Greenspam).
Leadership
The way that Porfirio Diaz as dictator affected the Mexican Revolution was because the reason why the revolution began was with the purpose to take him out of power and have the working class have rights and not be exploited through Diaz and the hacienda owners.
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Human Rights
During the revolution the Mexican constitution was signed. This affected the event because since the worker were finally having their rights, the people began to be treated fairly by the rich people. The human rights were one of the reasons why there were so many leaders during the revolution. Because of the fight for human rights, the revolution was so long.
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Geography
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What were the roles of the Mexican citizens during the revolution?
Other roles that people had were to support the revolutionary leaders. They had to continue to fight against the unfair leaders. Other people were responsible to organize to write the constitution. Some artists role was to document the revolution through paintings, for example, Diego Rivera. The citizens had many roles but their major role was to fight for justice.
Bibliography
History.com. A&E Television Networks, 20 Nov. 2012. Web. 18 Sept. 2015
<http://www.history.com/news/6-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-mexican
History.com is a website where it covers many historical events. The source talks about six things many people don't know about the Mexican Revolution. Although the source had much good information it's limited because it's a secondary
source so the view of people's perspective who experienced the revolution is not there.
Mahger, Maria. "What Roles Did Geography Play In The Mexican Revolution."
www.Seattlepi.com. Demand Media, n.d. Web. 18 Sept. 2015
<http://education.seattlepi.com/roles-did-geography-play-mexican-revolution
Seattlepi.com is a news website where there are current news and historical
event articles. In the specific article written by Maria Magher, the topic was
about the geographical roles on the Mexican Revolution. Although this article
had a lot of information it's limited to the secondary point of view.
Slavicek, Louise Chipley. The Mexican Revolution. New York: Chelsea House, 2011. Print.
The book The Mexican Revolution is written by Louise who has a masters degree in
in history. It's about the history of the Mexican Revolution but only focuses on
the historical view not on the perspectives of the people and their point of view
during the revolution.
Works Refrenced
Niemeyer, E.V. "Anticlericalism in the Mexican Constitutional Convention of 1916-1917." Http://www.jstor.org/. Academy of American Franciscan History, n.d. Web. 22 Sept. 2015.
"BrainPOP - Mexican Revolution - Movie." BrainPOP. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Sept. 2015. <https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/worldhistory/mexicanrevolution/>.