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Mexican Americans

Mexican Americans. 1848 to the Present. John Tyler 1841-1844 John Calhoun Henry Clay Lewis Cass James K. Polk 1844-1848 Liberty Party James G. Birney “Spot Resolutions”. Battle of Buena Vista 1847 General Winfield Scott Colonel Stephen Kearney General Zachery Taylor John C. Fremont

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Mexican Americans

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  1. Mexican Americans 1848 to the Present

  2. John Tyler 1841-1844 John Calhoun Henry Clay Lewis Cass James K. Polk 1844-1848 Liberty Party James G. Birney “Spot Resolutions” Battle of Buena Vista 1847 General Winfield Scott Colonel Stephen Kearney General Zachery Taylor John C. Fremont Nicolas P. Trist The American (Mexican War)

  3. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1848 • Gadsden Purchase 1853

  4. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1848 “Chicano” “Californios” Land Act of 1851 Joaquin Murietta Gadsden Purchase 1853 1848-1900

  5. Geronimo Mutualista (mutual aid society) “Hispanos” “Santa Fe Ring” “Gorras Blancas” (White Caps) Vaqueros Texas Rangers Juan Cortina “Cortina War” Corridos Gregorio Cortez El Paso del Norte (El Paso, Ciudad Juarez) Salt War (1877)

  6. They went around askingquestions about half an hour afterward;They found out that the wrongdoerhad been Gregorio Cortez. Now they have outlawed Cortezthroughout the whole of the state;Let him be taken, dead or alive,for he has killed several men.Then said Gregorio Cortez,with his pistol in his hand,"I don't regret having killed him;what I regret is my brother's death"…The Americans were coming;they were whiter that a poppyFrom the fear that they hadfrom Cortez and his pistol….They let loose the bloodhoundso they could follow the trail;But trying to overtake Cortezwas like following a star….From Belmont he went to the ranch,where they succeeded in surrounding him,Quite a few more that three hundred,but he jumped out of their corral.When he jumped out of their corral,according to what is said here, Gregorio Cortez,with his pistol in his hand,"Don't run, you cowardly rinches,from a single Mexican"….Now he has met a Mexican;he says to him haughtily,"Tell me the news;I am Gregorio Cortez.They say that because ofme many people have been killed;so now I will surrender,because such things are not right."…All the rinches [Texas Rangers] were coming,so fast that they almost flew,Because they were going to get the tenthousand dollars that were offered.When they surrounded the house,Cortez appeared before them:"You will take me if I'mwilling but not any other way."Then said the Major Sheriff,as if he was going to cry,"Cortez, hand over your weapons;we do not want to kill you."Then said Gregorio Cortez,shouting to them in a loud voice,"I won't surrender my weaponsuntil I am in a cell"…. Corrido of Gregorio Cortez

  7. Immigration Act of 1924 Contratistas (Labor Contractors) Ellis Island The Depression 1930-1940 East Los Angeles “The Mexican Problem” Repatriation I.W.W. (International Workers of the World) “Bisbee Deportations” The Great Migration1900-1930

  8. Carey McWilliams, Factories in the Fields Union de Trabajadores de la Valle Imperial Pachucos Calo Luis Valdes, Zoot Suit Sleepy Lagoon 1942 Zoot Suit Riots 1943 Zoot Suit:

  9. Bracero Program “Operation Wetback” 1954 L.U.L.A.C. (League of United Latin-American Citizens) 1921 Mendez vs. Westminster School District of Orange County 1947 The G.I. Forum 1948 Dr. Hector P. Garcia

  10. Chicano Ruben Salazar United Farm Workers (UFW) Cesar Chavez The Chicano Movement 1975-

  11. Delano Strike 1965 Reies Lopez Tijerina Alianza Federal de Mercedes (Federal Alliance of Land Grants) Rodolfo (“Corky”) Gonzales La Crusada Para la Justicia La Raza Unida Party Yo Soy Joaquin

  12. “Blowouts” MECHA (Movimiento Estudiantil de Aztlan) Brown Berets

  13. Chicano Moratorium Committee

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