DBQ: The Mexican Revolution

Did you know that 900,000 died in the Mexican Revolution due to a dictator? The Mexican Revolution was the biggest turning point in the countries history. There were three different parts of the war before, during and after the war. Before the war there was already an unstable country which is what caused the whole country to rebel. During the war most of what was happening was political intimidation to get more people on one of the sides. After the war the country ended up divided but now free from a dictatorship and was just a lost and confused. Even though it wasn’t as recognized or seen as a big war it was definitely very gruesome and devastating. Before the war Mexico was a very unstable country and very divided politically due to the president they had. The dictator at the time was Porforio Diaz who was a very unlikable person and didn’t want to leave. So when the elections came and Francisco Madero challenged him in the elections Porforio Diaz imprisoned him. When this happened the country was outraged and eventually took action this rebellion happened all over the country. It was mentioned in Source 2 In the south, Emiliano Zapata waged a bloody campaign against the local caciques (rural political …show more content…
There were many ways the country was being influenced by both sides of the campaign such as posters and intimidation. It was said in Source 2 “Díaz reigned using a campaign of bullying, intimidating citizens into supporting him. While civil liberties such as the freedom of press suffered under his rule, the greatest injustice came in the form of new land laws”. This showing the war was more about an attention battle than an actual war for a real cause because the war posters were not advertising the actual cause. The government eventually couldn’t take it anymore and retreated to the main cities of Juarez and Mexico