Question

What caused many people in the urban middle class to oppose Diaz's dictatorship and support a political revolution?

Answer 1

Quick Check: Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East

1. They wanted a democratic government.
2. Both developed from a growing wish to end foreign dependence.
3. It established a cooperation among Africans and African American...
4. People lost faith in democratically elected governments.
5. to decrease U.S. intervention in Latin American countries
6. racial segregation
7. lower-class mestizos or Indian peasants
8. Mexican nationalism inspired similar economic and political reforms in...
9. The former Ottoman territories in the Middle East were put under the...
10. The U.S. president refuses to intervene in Mexico oil nationalization.
11. Manufacturing domestically was a substitute for overpriced imports...
12. Blacks had to carry passes at all times and live on “reserves.”

Answer 2

Porfirio Diaz was president of Mexico from 1884 to 1911, This was a time of great economic growth for Mexico, as the regime opened its doors to foreign investment, particularly in the mining sector. However, Diaz's policies promoted a strong centralized government, which would lead to an unequal focus on certain regions and economic activities of the country, leaving others exposed to impoverishment. The expropriation of peasants lands in favor of big enterprises enraged rural populations. Inequality among the regions and societies of urbanized areas was becoming more evident. This led to a series of manifestations against the government that would eventually lead to the end of the regime.