The constitution of 1917 specifically incorporated the major features of the 1824 and 1857 charters regarding territorial organization, civil liberties, democratic forms, and anticlerical and antimonopoly clauses. The constitution completely reversed the concept widely held in Mexico that government should take only a limited, passive role. Its philosophy was that the national government had an obligation to take an active role in promoting the social, economic, and cultural well-being of its citizens. Article 3 sketched a vast plan of secular, free, compulsory public education. Article 14 reaffirmed the sanctity of private property and contracts, but article 27 interjected concepts of social utility and national benefit to limit the untrammeled use of private property. The most important new concepts came in Articles 27 and 123. The former reasserted national ownership of subsoil resources and outlined alternative land-reform and agrarian programs. The latter, the magna carta of labour and social welfare, was set apart to highlight its importance; in addition to guaranteeing minimum wages and the right to organize and strike, it gave labour social status and destroyed the concept of it as an economic commodity to be bought at the lowest rates to maximize profits. Article 123 also outlined a comprehensive system of social security, including public health and welfare programs. Reflecting the nationalistic feelings of the revolutionaries, foreigners and foreign interests were placed under limitations. Article 33, for instance, permitted the president to deport foreigners at will.
The constitution of 1917 set the goals toward which presidents were to work. As expected, Carranza was elected president and given de jure recognition by the United States. When Zapata was betrayed and killed in 1919, the last organized opposition to the Carranza-Obregón reorganization dissolved. Pancho Villa retired from active campaigning after his raids across the border, especially one in Columbus, N.M. (March 9, 1916), had failed to embroil the United States in conflict with Carranza. Villa was ambushed and shot by political enemies in 1923.
2007-03-27 10:21:45
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answered by Retired 7
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The main issue that I can think of was land ownership. Landless peasants welcomed the constitution and the rich land owners opposed it. It was during this period that ejidos were formed; that was land grants to landless rural people. People who'd always worked in someone else's fields finally had land of their own. Most of these people were of mixed Indian and Spanish blood, descendents of the native people who'd had their land taken away by the Spanish conquest.
Another big loser was the Catholic church. The church owned a lot of property and had a lot of power. The new constitution stripped the church of their power and some of their land. No doubt the church was angry about this.
Here's a link to more about ejidos.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ejido
2007-03-27 10:20:13
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answered by Annie D 6
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3 main issues -
Frozen or regular...
With salt or without...
Lime or strawberry...
2007-03-27 13:05:21
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answered by ? 5
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