Compare And Contrast Mexico And Russia

In The early twentieth century the world saw revolutions in both Mexico and Russia take place. While both of these countries hoped their revolutions would end in a government which supported their countries on working class, the method of revolution and their final government outcomes differed greatly in Mexico and also in Russia, as well as there were key factors that took place during both Revolution time periods that had similar comparisons. For Mexico masses of peasants and urban workers were an active force in their revolution. In 1911 after thirty-four years in power, Diaz’s rule came to an end in Mexico (Upshur 799). Diaz’s policies were designed to achieve political stability by centralizing power and to modernize the economy by building a modern technological infrastructure and increasing exports (Upshur 799). He allowed large landowners to increasingly take over small farms in order to consolidate large tracts of land for reining products for export, such as meat and sugar (Upshur 799). He excluded middle class northern elites from political power and suppressed urban workers who wished to organize better working conditions and have their own rights (Upshur 799). Foreign capital and …show more content…
By the 20th century Russia was the most politically authoritarian and economically backward of the great powers (Upshur 816). The People of Russia faced many problems before World War I; their peasant population increased due to high birthrate and low death rate. Which caused an emergence of an urban working class, this industrialization was new in Russia and the Tsarist regime struggled to last. After three years of war Russia’s army was left severely damaged and their land as well. The people of Russia suffered from shortage of food, fuel, being homeless, and a large number of deaths, as well as their government being corrupt and nonexistent (Upshur