Mexican Revolution Dbq Essay

In November 20th, 1910 the people of Mexico began to gather and challenged their current leader Porfirio Diaz. 33 years prior to the event date in 1877, Diaz seized power over Mexico when he led a revolt against the former president Sebastian Lerdo De Tejada. As president Diaz wanted to industrialize Mexico by allowing U.S and other international companies to own Mexican lands and use its resources, people living on the lands owned by foreigners needed to pay back to the landowners in either money or labor, workers had no rights to choose their profession nor the ownership to any part of the land, workers had no rights but women were degraded to being just inanimate objects, at the end only 1% of people owned 85% of Mexico’s total land, Diaz’s

Before the revolution started women were treated like commodities or tools to be thrown away after they were used, they were forced to stay cooped up in their house and were forced to perform chores. The Mexican Revolution gave them a chance for them to fight for their rights when they learned that they have an opportunity to be included in political matters. For example in Doc D, author Cristina V.D, Ramirez noted “The Mexican Revolution… opened windows of opportunity for women to become involved in politics as never before.” The author also noted “ The revolution had introduced women to spaces and experiences outside their home, and they were hungry for a discourse that recognized their new order.” Author Cristina V.D. Ramirez’s supposed point of view is positive towards the Mexican Revolution and she wants to show how the revolution changed both the way women were treated and also changed their way of thinking to be more confident, and to fight back to achieve their goals which also led to the formation of the ‘Soldaderas’ women who played an active role in combat and support during the Revolution. The Mexican Revolution also granted women freedom, such as a way for them to become independent from men. Before the revolution, once a woman was bound by marriage they were not allowed to divorce or separate themselves from their husband

Before the revolution workers were in heavy debts given by their landowners which were mostly foreign companies that were given control over territories of land in Mexico and used its resources and people to make profit. After the revolution foreign businesses lost control over Mexican territory but capitalism was still a prominent occurrence even twenty years later. President Lázaro Cárdenas launched a program called the Plan Sexenal whose goals were to ease the life of workers, a governmental party was launched to regulate the production and consumption of goods in order to give workers an advantage in the fight opposing capitalists. For example, author Mary Margaret Harker from Document G noted “ It gave national government all the legal, social, and political power which it needed on its task of regulating production and consumption so that the productive class of Mexico and the workers in the fields, as well as in the cities, might wage a winning fight against the aggressiveness of capitalism.” Author Mary Magaret Harker point of view can be assumed to be positive towards the Mexican Revolution and she wants to show that the revolution gave workers the chance to fend off capitalist with the help of the government to strive for the development of the people intellect and physique in order for them to protect themselves from further