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**The Mexican Revolution of 1910 **

During Diaz's rule, many of his upper class supporters were over whelmed with land and power in their communities. He extended railroads and made banks as the economy boomed. Foreign trade increased a lot with the employment rates. Unfortunately, the upper class who had control of most of the land were abusing it, and not growing the crops needed, or any at all. Most had little experience with agriculture, thus causing the land they owned to be useless. Small ranches were over whelmed with the pressure to make enough food for all, with such little land to do it on. This created a steady increase in the cost of food. Because of this and various other issues, citizens of Mexico became frustrated with Diaz.

Francisco Madero decided to run against Daz, but because Diaz was scared of losing his power, he quickly jailed Madero in the United States. As people began to hear of this injustice, Diaz faced a revolution against him. People such a Zapata and Villa joined forces with Madero to build armies and force Diaz out of rule. Numbers in the armies grew, most of which were peasants who were treated unfairly.

Madero wanted the Revolution to begin on November 20, although small battles took place before then. Peasants revolted by reclaiming the land they once owned and fought against the armies of Diaz. It took only six months for the revolts to get to Diaz, and he ran away to France where he later died in 1915. With the collapse of the Diaz regime, the Mexican Congress elected Francisco Leon de la Barra as President temporarily before calling for an election, which resulted in the victory of Francisco Madero as President.

Little did the citizens of Mexicans know that the Great Depression would soon hit them in a short ten years. Where do you go into the Great Depression in Mexico... I see... you didn't link it to the Great Depression page. Better communication next time... What happened after the Revolution?