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[|Mexican Revolution]: The Mexican Revolution was caused by Mexicans disagreeing on political matters.Mexican women were in fact active participants in the Mexican Revolution and their involvement had an immense impact on shaping Mexican society. They were involved in politics, created revolutionary newspapers, worked as teachers, nurses, they sold/smuggled arms, and they even fought on the battlefields. [|History Of The Mexican Revolution]: This link is about the Mexican Nationalism and Fighting in the Revolution. Every Mexican was involved in the revolution. including men, women and even children. How both the middle and upper class, as well as the lower class had their own objective to fighting in the Mexican revolution. Either it was true nationalism or not. thousands of peasants and workers decided to fight in the Mexican revolution.The Mexican people fighting in the revolution and Mexican people trying to escape it crossed over the border during some point of the revolutionary years between 1910- 1920. [|Overview of The Mexican Revolution]: Throughout its history Mexico has had many revolutions.  The people of Mexico were getting tired of the dictator rule of President Porfino Diaz. This revolution proved to be the rise and fall of many leaders. There were three very strong revolutionary groups throughout the revolution that contributed to the rise and fall of the leaders. there were some people who did not want to fight and they did not want any part of the revolution so they fled to the United States. Some of the factors that made people leave were economic disaster, chaos, danger, and social disorganization. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">[|Overthrowing Dictatorship]: People in Mexico were discontented. The great bulk of Mexico's land had been taken over by about a thousand men, their great estates reaching thousands and sometimes millions of acres, while ninety-seven percent of the population in the countryside owned no land. To succeed, rebellion across Mexico needed a greater armed force than the army that government could send against it, and this was in the making.The Constitution provided labor with an eight-hour working day, a minimum wage, an annual vacation of at least fifteen days, compensation with dismissals, a right to strike, and it abolished child labor.

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The Mexican Revolution is just so interesting, because it details how the Mexicans fought for their rights and their equality.
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