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Tell about the Portfirio Diaz reign in Mexico (4)
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1876, no re-election was his pledge.
1880-1911, Porfiriato reign -Focused on the idea of modernization and industrialization - oppressed liberal rights, uprisings aginst his rule - mostly wanted change in terms of modernization and industrial |
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Agriculture in Porfiriato
-ejidos -hacienda system |
primarily small, communal plots of land owned by peole called the ejidos.
-wanted to change it to a large scale, primarliy coffee and sugar -under the hacienda system, there were wage laborers for ~12c a day, indentured to the haciendados, bought food from the plantationstore, never able to escape |
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Who was Francisco Madero
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The first successful uprising against Portfirio to become the next president in 1911
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Who were the Flores Magon brothers?
their newspaper? |
Enrique and Ricardo
political activists created Regeneracion, a newspaper that put out democratic ideas against the porfirio regime Became popular in US helped form the PLM, the Mex Liberal Party. The brothers went to law schools, and entered the US in Loredo. they took on jobs as farm laborers and diswashers. they began to extend their critique to problems Mexicans faced in Mexico and the US, li |
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what was the PLM platform?
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wanted 4 year pres terms w/no re-election, 8 hour weekday, min wage, end child labor, institute free public schooling until 14, decrease power of Catholic Church, and force it to pay taxes, Protect N.Amer land and give it back.
PLM could have women |
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Plan de San Diego, TX
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to start a race war in 1915 and overthrow the United States government in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California during the Mexican Revolution
Aug 8, 1915 the largest event of the plan, organized by pizana. he led a group of me, attacked a railroad, causing the train to derail. went inside and killed all the anglo men. attacked irrigation pumps. violent reprisal by texas rangers who went to kill Mex's (300-3000) many . rangers quickly deputized white anglos to the rangers Called in a repsonse by Pres Wilson, to deploy army troops to the region. half of mobile soldier was stationed in s/west by late 1915, asked mex pres to control border, asked gov of tex to reduce racial prejudice from lawmakers |
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- Aniceto Pizana
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in 1904, a prosperous rancher (Aniceto Pizana) met w/the Margon brothers while in Larado and liked their ideas, They began to help pass on the PLM ideas throughout south texas.
After attack on his ranch by texas rangers and us army members, he became a lead in the Plan de San Diego organized the |
