Question

What forces were opposed to the Mexican President Francisco Madero?

What eventually happened to him as a result?

Answer 1

The Mexican Revolution, like many before and since, began with a reformist phase. Madero was interested in a political reform that would keep the social and economic structure intact. That left unfulfilled the dreams and aspirations of many other revolutionaries who saw the ouster of Díaz as the beginning of a new system that would help all Mexicans. That disappointment led to revolts. In fact, during his brief presidency (October 1911 – February 1913), Madero, and his army led by Victoriano Huerta, was asked to put down no less than five different revolts. The first to declare himself against Madero was Emiliano Zapata who issued the Plan de Ayala in November. The movement took hold and soon many states in the south were in revolt as well. That uprising was never really put down until much later.

Answer 2

Answer:Francisco Indalecio Madero was born on the Hacienda de El Rosario in Coahuila. His grandfather Evaristo Madero and his father Francisco Madero Hernández had built a family fortune almost unrivalled in Mexico from shrewd investments in cotton, livestock, and industrial production. Francisco was expected to continue in this tradition and took business courses at Mount St. Mary’s College near Baltimore, Maryland, the Higher Business School in Paris (1887-1892), and studied agriculture at the University of California, Berkeley the following year.

When he returned to Mexico, he founded a commercial school, ran one of his family’s businesses, and indulged in his own personal lifestyle – homeopathic medicine, spiritism and vegetarianism. He was convinced that the problems of the Mexican peasantry came from the lack of democracy in their country. When President Díaz indicated that he woul ...

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Francisco I. Madero, three-quarter length portrait. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-36672 (b&w film copy neg.)

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Francisco Indalecio Madero was born on the Hacienda de El Rosario in Coahuila. His grandfather Evaristo Madero and his father Francisco Madero Hernández had built a family fortune almost unrivalled in Mexico from shrewd investments in cotton, livestock, and industrial production. Francisco was expected to continue in this tradition and took business courses at Mount St. Mary’s College near Baltimore, Maryland, the Higher Business School in Paris (1887-1892), and studied agriculture at the University of California, Berkeley the following year.

When he returned to Mexico, he founded a commercial school, ran one of his family’s businesses, and indulged in his own personal lifestyle – homeopathic medicine, spiritism and vegetarianism. He was convinced that the problems of the Mexican peasantry came from the lack of democracy in their country. When President Díaz indicated that he woul ...

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Francisco I. Madero, three-quarter length portrait. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-36672 (b&w film copy neg.)