REVOLUTION

Question 1

PORFIRIO DIAZ (1830-1915)

Answer 1

“Political and economic forces within Mexico also gave impetus to the Northern Migration. During the thirty-four-year dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz the economic position of the Mexican peasant had witnessed a continuous and precipitous decline (Mirande p. 49).

Question 2

CRENTIFICOS: INDUSTRIALIZATION AND MODERNIZATION

Answer 2

 “The decline of ruralism and the uprooting of Mexican peasant would be prime factor in Mexican migration to the United States” (Acuna). Foreign Ownership
o 76% of all corporations
o 95% of all mining
o 89% of all industry
o 100% of all petroleum
“Mexico is a mother to foreigners and step mother to Mexicans”. Foreign control pushed the Mexican economy out, made Mexicans cheap labor for foreign industries.

Question 3

CROSS-OVER VIOLENCE

Answer 3

 El Plan de San Diego (1915) - “El Plan outlined a military revolt that would lead to the creation of an independent nation in the territory acquired by the United States during the Mexican War”. (Mirande Gringo Justice p. 19).
 The killing of Mexican along the border in these last four years is almost incredible - some rangers have degenerated into common man killers. There is no penalty for killing. No jury along the border would ever convict a white man for shooting a Mexican.