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    Mexican Americans

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    Mexicans immigrated to the United States back in the 1800’s (Stanford‚ 2006). During 1848 the United States took over a part of Mexico which is now the Southwest (Stanford‚ 2006). Mexicans living in these areas were Mexican citizens before the acquisition. The United States even went into agreements with Mexico to have Mexicans work in the United States. Mexicans were treated with cruelty‚ while working the agriculture fields for years. The United States made several agreements with Mexico to have

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    The Status of Mexican Americans‚ 1848-1900 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: treaty that conclude the war b/w U.s and Mexico. U.S wins and texas is now part of USA 50% of Territory: mexico forced by this treaty to give up 50% of its territory Mexican Nationals Property & Economic Rights Article IX: provide protection of property Article X: grants citizenship Changing Society: Americanization 1. head political system 2. dislocate the landed elite 3. displace

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    Mexican American Article Review I feel that it is important in becoming an elementary teacher with special education that we study and teach about Mexican-American history and culture. The first article that I am going to talk is called‚ "Integrating Mexican-American History and Culture into Social Studies Classroom". The article talks about how Mexican-American are the fastest growing ethnic group in the United States and also the least educated. The article also gives important information

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    Tejano Music Analysis

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    different parts of the world. For example‚ the Polka came from the Germans‚ and the norteño players were influenced from them (7:34). 2. Referring to the second question‚ the similarities are that Tejanos played the same instruments as Germans‚ but it could be differentiated because the songs played by Tejanos would have stories added that happened in real life‚ according to José Morante (7:54). 3. Lydia Mendoza is a norteño music singer‚ and in the video she talks about the meaning her songs have

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    Lázaro Cardenas & Mexican Populism The Early Years/ The Birth of Populism Lázaro Cárdenas del Río (May 21‚ 1895 – October 19‚ 1970) was President of Mexico from 1934 to 1940. From Cárdenas plebian roots‚ in the lower-middle class he eked out a substantial‚ moving and largely successful leadership role in a reformative Mexico. Born in the village of Jiquilpan‚ Michoacán‚ Cárdenas supported his widowed mother and seven younger siblings from the age of sixteen. His many professional pursuits

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    Segregation has always been a problem. Attitudes regarding racial separation probably arrived in Texas during the 1820s and obviously accompanied views toward the "peculiar institution‚” slavery. Anglo-Americans begin extending segregation to Mexican Americans after the Texas Revaluation as a social custom. Tejanos formed a suspect class during and after the revolution‚ and that fact led to a general aversion of them. After the Civil War‚ segregation went hand-in-hand with the violence often employed

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    Mexican-American War

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    The physical beginning of the Mexican-American war between the United States and Mexico began with a Mexican attack on American troops who were stationed on the southern border of Texas on April 25‚ 1846. The swift conclusion to the war took place as General Winfield Scott occupied the Mexican capitol city‚ Mexico City on September 14‚ 1847. Within a few months‚ the Treaty of Guadalupe was signed with Mexico recognizing the US annexation of Texas as well as Mexico succeeding from California and New

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    Mexican American War

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    The Mexican American War was a conflict between the United States and Mexico. This was a battle for land where Mexico was fighting to keep what they thought was their property and the U.S. desired to retain the disputed land of Texas and obtain more of Mexico’s northern lands. There were two main causes of the Mexican War. First‚ the idea of “Manifest destiny” meaning the belief that America had a God-given right to occupy and civilize the whole continent. As large number of Americans migrated towards

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    The Mexican-American War

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    “America’s wars have often been controversial” (Roden 317). The Mexican- American War was not an exception to this rule. Many Mexicans felt that they were cheated their land. On the other hand‚ the US felt it was their destiny to conquer the whole North American continent and Mexico was in the way of their greatness (Roden 317). The belief in Manifest Destiny‚ that the USA started the conflict‚ and that the US had no right to Texas are all reasons that the US was not justified in taking about half

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    After years of tension between Mexico and the United States due to the Texas Revolution and boundary disputes‚ the U.S. government decided to declare war on Mexico. Although the United States war against Mexico resulted in the gaining of America’s most valuable land‚ the war itself was unjust because Texas was wrong from the beginning‚ the war was based on false pretense‚ and expanding slavery was the goal. To start‚ Texas was wrong from the beginning for going against Mexico’s laws‚ which was

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