Question

"The immense majority of Mexico’s villages and citizens own only the ground on which they stand. They suffer the horrors of poverty without being able to better their social status . . . or without being able to dedicate themselves to industry or agriculture due to the fact that the lands, woods, and water are monopolized by the few." Emiliano Zapata,, Plan of Ayala, 1911 The opinion expressed in the passage above is most consistent with which of the following? Privatizing Mexico’s water and mineral resources A Guaranteeing workers’ rights to organize and go on strike B Redistributing one-third of the land controlled by large landholders to landless peasants C Abrogating all contracts giving foreign nationals ownership of Mexican land

Answer 1

B Redistributing one-third of the land controlled by large landholders to landless peasants

Step-by-step explanation:

Prior to the 1910 Mexican revolution, most of the lands and water was owned by wealthy Mexicans and foreigner thus leaving peasants without land and water to farm and in serious poverty. In 1911, Emiliano Zapata, a revolutionary leader published the Plan of Ayala which contains fifteen points, Chiefly among the points was the redistribution of one-third of the lands controlled by large landholders to landless peasants. This was the seventh point in his plan.