1. MEXICAN
REVOLUTION
DOHEE HAYOUNG

2. CONTENT
• Timeline
• Causes of Mexican Revolution
• Historical Figures
• Effects of Mexican Revolution
• Comparison with Russian Revolution

3. TIMELINE
1884
-Porfirio Diaz begins his second term as president
1908
-In an interview with American Journalist, Diaz announces that he will retire at the end
of his term because Mexico is ready to hold free elections
1910
-Diaz runs for reelection but when Francisco Madero enters the race, he imprisoned
Madero and again wins the election (not keeping the promise)
-Madero escapes and decides to overthrow Diaz rule (Revolution starts)
-Thousands of Mexicans flee the U.S.
1911
-Madero creates a provisional capital of Mexico in an adobe building
-Having lost in Diaz resigns and flees to Paris, France
-Madero wins election to the Mexican presidency
-The U.S. sends crowds to the border, fearing that the revolution would cross over the
border

4. 1913
-People joins with Diaz in planning a coup against Madero
-Carranza calls for a return to the values of Constitution of 1857
1914
-Villa’s revolutionaries establish offices
-Villa and Zapata break from Carranza and continue to challenge him
-Carranza flees to Veracruz, where he negotiates the removal of U.S. troops
1915
-Carranza’s supporters defeat Villa at the Battle of Celaya; Zapata’s supporters are
defeated
-The United States recognizes Carranza as Mexico’s president
1917
-A new Mexican Constitution is drafted and Carranza is elected president
1920
-New person,(Obregon) is elected president of Mexico

5. CAUSE OF THE REVOLUTION
• During Diaz’s rule he took large amounts of land from the poor
and gave it to the rich
• Great difference between rich and poor
• The dictatorship-like rule of Pofirio Diaz for over 30 years
• Opponents who refused Diaz's bribes were beaten up,
murdered or arrested
• Diaz ruled Mexico in his own way.
_ didn't listen to the people in his country and didn’t keep the
promise he had made
• Exploitation and poor treatment of workers

6. HISTORICAL FIGURES

7. PORFIRIO DIAZ
• Main person of the Mexican Revolution
• Mexican general, president, politician and
dictator
• Stayed in the army to fight against French
then became aligned with liberal politician
• Became Mexico’s leader and ruled for 35yrs
(1876-1911)
• Suppressed political rights
• Eliminated all effective opposition to his
reign
• Mexican have achieve great progress of
modernization, and the economy boomed
- benefits were felt by very few, as millions of
peons labored in slavery
• Lost power after the election against
Francisco Madero

8. FRANCISCO MADERO
• Reformist politician and writer who
served as president of Mexico(1911-
1913)
• Opposition of Diaz
• Was a lawyer and decided to run
against Diaz in the 1910 elections
• Diaz had Madero imprisoned and
declared himself the winner of the
elections
• Deposed and executed in 1913 by
people on Diaz’s side

9. PANCHO VILLA
• One of the most famous revolutionaries
• Had a hard time during childhood
• Brought his bandit force with him and soon
became one of the most powerful men in the
north as the army increased _ “the Centaur
of the North”
• Raped and murdered lots of women, the
cruelty in battle can be reflected here
• Hard man to get respect from
• Acted as a defender of Madero mainly
because they held the same goals, including
fighting for the poor

10. EMILIANO ZAPATA
• Was a village leader, farmer and
horseman who became an important
leader in the Mexican Revolution
• Was an important figure in Morelos
• He had been elected mayor of
Anenecuilco, tiny town where he was
born in
• Took things into his own hands,
rounding up armed peasants and
forcefully taking back the land in
question

11. VENUSTIANO CARRANZA
• Was a Mexican politician, warlord
and general
• Before the Mexican revolution he
served as Mayor and as a
congressman and senator
• Mexico Revolution broke out, initially
allied himself with Francisco Madero
• Raised his own army after Madero
was assassinated
• Became the president (1910)
• Assassinated (1920)

12. EFFECT OF THE REVOLUTION
• The revolution was successful in getting rid of Porfirio Diaz
• Since the revolution, no president governed for longer that 6
years in office
• Many Mexican’s began immigrating to America
• Mexican people finally developed and established a sense of
identity and purpose.
• Also established guidelines for future Mexican policies and
Leaders.
• Mexican have achieve great progress of modernization, and
the economy developed by Diaz’s method of ruling

13. PHOTOGRAPHS
Pancho Villa and the other revolutionaries
After the revolution, many
Mexicans began to immigrate to
America

14. People suffering from the frequent
revolutions
Flee for refuge

15. COMPARISON WITH
RUSSIA REVOLUTION
Mexican revolution comparing to Russia
revolution, there was a dictator, who does not rules the
country in a right way. Stalin was a dictator of Russia and
Porfirio Diaz of Mexico. Both leaders did not keep the
promise they have made and rules the country for long
time, making the laws in self-centered way. Also both
revolutions had people who kills the opponents, such as
secret police in Stalinist Russia. By this, many people
suffered. Some fled to other places where they can be safe
but some died out.

16. THANK YOU

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