HIS330H5 Lecture Notes - Tyrant, Far-Left Politics, Ruffles
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Section 1: terms, short answer part of exam, options. Growth of hensientes: control most of the resources large plantations, control all of the land. Portfolio diaz regime, the growing & widing gap between the rich and the poor. Diaz: greater polarization in wealth, a lot of people who own a whole lot of resources & those who don"t own all that much. Central reasons for discontent at the end of diaz regime, not really democratic, been in power for 30 years. Scientific principles to government, they come with these assumptions of society. The military needs to consolidate his power, like a tyrant, restructures the military to make it more loyal to him. Discontentant at the end of his regime, general discontent at the working class @ the end of his regime. Madero is a poor politician, he alienates his supporters, particularly some of those that got him elected in 1911.
