United States involvement in the Mexican Revolution

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The United States involvement in the Mexican Revolution was varied and seemingly contradictory, first supporting and then repudiating Mexican regimes during the period of 1910–1920. For both economic and political reasons, the U.S. government generally supported those who occupied the seats of power, but could withhold official recognition. The U.S. supported the regime of Mexican President Porfirio Díaz (1876–1880; 1884–1911) after initially withholding recognition since he came to power by coup. In 1909, Díaz and U.S. President William Howard Taft met in Ciudad Juárez, across the border from El Paso, Texas. Prior to the inauguration of Woodrow Wilson on March 4, 1913, the U.S. government focused on just warning the Mexican military that decisive action from the U.S. military would take place if the lives and the property of U.S. nationals living in the country were endangered. President Taft sent more troops to the U.S.-Mexico border but did not allow them to intervene directly in the...

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