Essential Question #2: Compare and contrast Emiliano Zapata and Francisco “Pancho” Villa.

Compare/Contrast Point: Land Reform

• Both wanted redistribution • Both desired land taken from the

Haciendados • Both believed that a revolution was

required • Both were not satisfied with the reforms

of revolutionary leaders

• Zapata: #1 priority; Villa: several reasons for fighting the revolution

• Zapata: Communal Land • Villa: Individual ownership of land

Compare/Contrast Point: As Revolutionary Generals

• Strong leaders • Loved by their men • Similar aims and goals

• Villa: Fought a more traditional war (armies facing one another on the battlefield)

• Zapata: Fought a guerrilla style war (small, mobile fighting force that attacks and retreats)

• Villa: Outfitted his army with uniforms,

bandoleer, etc. (more traditional) • Zapata: a peasant army (machetes,

sombreros, etc.)

Compare/Contrast Point: Armies (Villistas / Zapatistas)

• Both armies took on the personalities of their leaders: Villa – brash, individualistic; Zapata – reserved, polite, communal

• Both had soldaderas

• 15% of Zapatistas were women (about 1 in 6).

• Most Villista women were not soldaderas but rather nurses, cooks, foragers of food, etc.

Compare/Contrast Point: Desired a Weak Central Government

• Both saw the devastation that a strong central government had on the people (the Porfiriato)

• Both were fearful of political power and refused to assume power during the revolution

• Both continued to fight against revolutionary leaders who refused to fully enact revolutionary reforms (Madero, Huerta, Carranza, etc.)

• Villa cared mainly for the Northern states • Zapata cared only for Morelos and even

more specifically for his village