Question

What prompted the early-20th century coup in Brazil? The urban middle class sought to overturn the coffee elite-controlled government. The tenantes sought to concentrate power at the top of the social ladder. The coffee elite felt that their favored social and economic position was threatened. The newly created trade unions established a minimum wage and child labor laws.

Answer 1

The urban middle class sought to overturn the coffee elite-controlled government.

Answer 2

The correct answer is A) the urban middle class sought to overturn the coffee elite controlled government.  

The reason that prompted the early 20th-century coup in Brazil was that the urban middle class sought to overturn the coffee elite controlled government.

The Revolution of 1930 also received the name of “Coup of 1930”. Three Brazilian states started a rebellion: Paraiba, Rio Grande, and Minas Gerais. People were angry and expressed discontent with the former government. The movements ended with the Brazilian coup that removed president Luis Pereira de Sousa in October 1930. The reason that prompted the early 20th-century coup in Brazil was that the urban middle class sought to overturn the coffee elite controlled government.