History: Mexican Revolution

The Mexican Revolution began in 1910.  It started because the people were unsatisfied with the dictatorship of President Porfirio Diaz.  Government spots were held by only a few men and the people of Mexico were not happy with this so they started to revolt.  However, there were many Mexicans who opposed the fighting.  Most of these Mexican chose either to hide away in Mexico or flee their country to the U.S.  In fact, 890000 Mexicans immigrated to the U.S. between the years of 1910 and 1920.  The main reason they immigrated was to find peace.  In the late 1910’s the revolution ended but many of the immigrants who had immigrated to the U.S. never went back to Mexico.  They instead chose to continue building their family in the U.S.