The Mexican Revolution of 1910 was a frustrating time for Mexico. A small minority of people were in control of most of the country’s power and while with the majority of the population worked in poverty. Many of the people had many negative things to say to the President Porfirio Diaz who stayed in Office for thirty one years they blamed him for the injustice that was being displayed in Mexico. Early in the 20th Century a new group of people wanted to get involved in the political life but they were denied the opportunity by the officials that were already there in office and they didn’t want to give up there power to new people. This group of young leaders believed that they could assume their proper role in Mexican politics once President Diaz announced that Mexico was ready for democracy. Even though the Mexican Constitution says that public election and other institutions of democracy, Diaz and his supporters disobeyed this and used there political and economic resources to stay in power for ever.
Francisco Madero was a big supporter of democracy and of making government subject to the strict limits of the law and the success of Maderos movement made him a threat in the eyes of President Diaz. In November 1910, Fran
From about 1910-1920 the relationship between the United States and Mexico was troubling because of the two nations had greatly different interests. Mexico was facing conflict from all classes of Mexican society. The upper-middle and upper class societies were in support of the exclusive government, while the poor and working class were strongly opposed to the overwhelming wealth and power that the government had. Mexico was fighting a class revolution and all sides were loosing. Dictator's and their regimes were short lived. Politics was a problem since the society was so divided economically and know one could agree on any kind of political rule. Mexican's started to migrate across the border illegally in search of work and to plan further acts of violence among each other. Mexico was bringing their revolution across the border. The interest of Mexico was not about creating equality for all but to continue to widen the gap between the political elite and the poor working class. The United States continued with interference specifically by political and military forces. The United States had gained interest in Mexican affairs when American lives were threatened and our economic interests were jeopardized. The United States was also concerned for the welfare of the poor and working class in Mexico with numerous women and religious groups getting involved during the revolution for mainly humanity reasons. During the Mexican Revolution unfortunately the social and economic changes that were taking place in Mexico had too great of an impact on the Unites States for us to ignore. The result was a period of political and economic interference. The impact of both the political and economic
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