Art of the Mexican Revolution

The World Between the Wars 1919-1939

The Mexican Revolution of 1910 Began w/call for revolution against dictator Porfirio Diaz Villa organized resistance in the north, Zapata in the south Civil war between various factions continued until 1920

Pancho Villa Emiliano Zapata

Outcome Constitutional republic Land reform Protection for workers’ rights PRI formed Institutional Revolutionary Party

The Stalin Revolution Joseph Stalin, Lenin’s successor, eliminated rivals and made himself dictator of the USSR in the 1930’s 5 Year Plans were an attempt to rapidly industrialize Agriculture would be collectivized

Cultivate Vegetables!-1930 Help Build Gigantic Factories!-1929

Many landowning peasants resisted these measures 8 million were arrested, many executed Famine of 1933-34 caused the deaths of 5 million more

Purges of the 1930’s were designed to eliminate all threats to Stalin’s power Millions were sent to gulags By the end of the 1930’s, USSR was the 3rd largest economy in the world

The Depression Began w/NYSE crash of 1929 Spread worldwide by 1931 Export economies like Germany and Japan were affected most British, French, American govt’s all intervened in their economies, but stayed democratic Italy, Japan, Germany tried to solve the problem through military expansion

Non-industrialized regions that exported raw materials (Columbia, Ceylon, Dutch East Indies) also suffered Like in Europe, military dictatorships emerged in much of Latin America Soviet economy grew due to Stalin’s 5 year plans S. African economy boomed due to worldwide demand for gold

The Rise of Fascism Fascist states developed in Italy under Mussolini (1922) and Hitler in Germany (1933) Dictatorship, extreme nationalism, anti-communism, and military expansion characterized both

Mussolini and Hitler