Monday, January 21, 2013

Rallying the Masses, and the tumble thereafter

The Radical party attracted a number of newcomers by Yrigoyen's election in 1916. How had Argentina's politics changed in the previous years to account for this shift? What important industries were developing in Argentina that were still connected to foreign markets, and how did this contribute to economic nationalism? Finally, why was President Yrigoyen ousted by a military coup?

14 comments:

  1. The 1916 election was unprecedented in Argentinean politics as it was the first election where one national party transferred its power to another with no bloodshed. Perhaps this is because of the seemingly natural progression from an agricultural economy to an industrialized economy where the introduction of urban workers rallied for the end of the conservative government. When Yrigoyen was elected we see a major turn towards "economic nationalism" which converted many new foreign industries (such as the railroad industry) into state run or state interfered industries. This idea of economic nationalism seems appealing at first, but as many Argentineans grew tired of both Yrigoyen and his policies, a new government was needed. So, a General Jose F. Uriburu proposed "to take by arms the road of the Constitution and from this base to return as soon as possible to normalcy." Of course we can debate what "normal" really is, but it is evident that Argentina wanted no more of the Radical government.

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  2. as the automobile arrived argentina's economy was able to thrive through their new found ability to no longer rely on foreign sources for energy. The meant that argentina was then able to, "absorb and internalize the benefits of of economic growth by restricting the influence of foreign investors." this is what created the economic shift and therefore helped fuel the change in the political leanings in argentina.

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  3. I think that the move from agriculture to big industry for argentina's people only seemed natural because of the world around them. As the war ended and the majority of the world saw the advances in Industry that shaped the war, they saw how far behind they were. I think that the election of 1916 happened the way it did was because many people thought that there was enough bloodshed for a lot of elections to come from the great war. I think that as people saw that Yrigoyen and his policies were not as good and effective as people thought they would be. General Jose F. Uriburu was the guy that people felt safe with and trusted in overhauling the government.

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  4. The move from an agrarian society to a more industrial society caused a lot of changes for people. When there's that big of a societal change people also go for a huge governmental switch. When they saw that Yrigoyen's changes weren't exactly what they wanted to see they freaked out; that's why the people had faith when Uriburu took charge.

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  5. This election was a big shift because it was peaceful and non violent. The automobile and oil industries were examples of Argentina nationalizing. Also, the growth of industry and workers in general also contributed to nationalism. President Yrigoyen was ousted by a military coup because they needed someon to blame. The passage says "Everyone blamed the radicals for the depression". To prevent deepening of the depression, the military decided to take action.

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  6. I found it funny that the Sena Pena laws were meant to be the lifeline of PAN party but instead it seemed to have been more of a suicidal policy. Argentina's transition from an agrarian to industrial economy spurred the political transition that follows. The radicals seemed to have lost their way that paved the way to coup that ended the liberal era. Argentina seemed to have also suffered from the decrease in exports after the world economy tanked.

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  7. It was of course a huge change for Argentina during this time. They had always had a more agriculturally based economy, and now they had a fast growing industrial economy. Buenos Aires was the hub of this, and they were had power and influence on a global scale. The depression hit like everywhere else. I also found interesting the quote that Ashley mentioned "everyone blamed the radicals". This is true as everyone needs a scapegoat for their problems, and someone who seems like a safe bet will always win elections in tough situations.

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  8. Perhaps Yriyogen and his radical party had the right vision of the future of Argentina, and what they have done were absolutely extraordinary,shifted the agricultural economy to state manipulated industrial economy radically. Perhaps it just was not the right time,people seemly were not convinced by his policies and did not see enough benefits immediately cause the globalized depression hit Argentina. The situation was somehow like Canada, when people were not comfortable and convinced by the changes, they want someone seemly to be safe and nice, just like military conservative leader General Jose; lucky for them there was no bloody revolution, everything happened in peace. Despite the failure of radical party, the nationalism has grown out of the growing industry that mobilized the country.

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  9. Well well obviously the major change that was happening is the turn from a almost completely agricultural nation to one that is rapidly becoming industrialized. Before this point in argintinian history, as I just mentioned, they relied on their food and crops. That was their base of the economy. But now, they are begining to ease off of them and are heading into an industrial state of mind. This contributes to the nationalism because it really got argintina name on the map economic wise. It showed the world that argintina is worth more than just their food.

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  10. The Radical Party gradually began to diminish the PAN as it lost its political edge towards the end of the 19th century. Argentina's politics and public life seemed to have been transformed in the years leading up to the 1916 election. More specifically, the arrival of the railway in the 1890s spurred significant economic growth and modernization across Argentina. Immigrant bourgeoise developed the province's modern wine industry which weakened the PAN's authority. A series of strikes in 1921 and 1922 by the port workers and shepherds if Patagonia due to their discontent with Radical government policies regarding favoring of the urban working class. The "Argentine Patriotic League" ultimately changed Argentina as a conservative leader, Marcelo Alvear, was elected in 1922.

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  11. I think the people maybe enjoyed having a general as their president. The introduction of newer industries such as railways and city factories really improved the everyday life of the people and created more jobs. This rapid change in culture increased nationalism and gave these people an opportunity to join together and be proud of their country.

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  12. This change to a more industrial economy was significant for Argentina since it was mostly agricultural prior to the law changes. The general public approved of the general president (im so punny aren't I?, sorry...).

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  13. TheProblem with the PAN had been that they won the election over and over again only due to fraud. People were unhappy with that. There were various strikes in the military and intents of putsch, too. When Yrigoyen won the election, it was the first time that the dominant party in congress changed without any military violence. He was mainly supported by farmers and he also knew how to get the urban work class on his side.
    The mostimportant industrydeveloping in Argentina must have been the breeding and fattening cattle, and then the export buissnes of the meat. Another one was the beginning of Argentina's participation in oils buissness and the foundation of the oil concern YPF.
    The reason that the military coup led by Uriburu ousted President Yrigoyen, was the depression. As they always tend to do, people blamed their president for the crisis and wanted him gone as soon as possible. Unfortunately, he had four more years to go, so th ebst solution seemed to just oust him.

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  14. Argentina underwent a change from a rural, agricultural based society with little interaction between foreign markets, to a booming industrial and crude oil based economic system. The culture of Argentina changed rapidly with an open-border policy in terms of immigration. As the economy changed, people began to put more faith into their political system, and as they began to see that they did not agree with all of Yrigoyen's policies, he was overthrown.

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