hispanic americans. treaty of guadalupe hidalgo 1848 negotiate end of mexican - american war land...
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Hispanic Americans
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1848
Negotiate end of Mexican - American War
Land ReceivedNorth CaliforniaNew MexicoClaims in Texas
Money$15 million to Mexico for landU.S. would pay Mexico’s debt to U.S. citizens
Cover of the Copy of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Signed page of the Treaty
Video ClipThis is a funny clip that talks about the Treaty of
Guadalupe Hidalgo. It is from the Jimmy Fallon Show.
http://vimeo.com/10734221
Mexican Workers 1850-1910
Political Turmoil700,000 came to US from Mexico.7% of their population
National Reclamation ActEncouraged irrigation of arid landNew Farmland
Mexican Workers 1850-1910
RailroadsTranscontinental Railroad made it possible to push
railroads south.Effects of the RR:
► Time Zones
► Railroad Towns
► Shipping of goods – mail order catalogs
► Big $$$
Needed to workers to make the roadsMexicans were willing to do the work
Ended up in debt peonage Pay back debts through physical labor
Open border made this easy
Bracero MovementHired Hands-temporary work permits established
Civil Rights Movement was ongoing
Southwest Annexed
Shortage of Agriculture workers during WWII
US allowed Mexicans to enter and work fields
Workers expected to leave when work was done but many stayed illegally
Others entered to escape poor economics
Picture of a Bracero Man
Effects TodayIncreased Border Patrol
Note: Originally created in 1904 to keep out Asian workers
Minutemen Project
SB 1070
Anti-immigrant laws
DREAM Act vs DeportationNote: Operation Wetback deported 3.8 million
from 1953-58
Zoot Suit Riots 1940’sMexican Americans underpaid and poor living
conditions
Youth created their own culture (own music, language, and Dress (Zoot Suit))
Members of this group were accused of murdering a man.
A riot quickly broke out between servicemen and black & Mexican Youth.
Zoot Suit Con’tInvestigation Results
Racial TensionsPatriotismMilitary said Service men acted in Self DefenseNewspapers propaganda
Just for Jeopardy (Famous Zoot Suit wearing people)Cesar ChavezMalcolm X
Zoot Suit Sources "Marching through the streets of downtown Los
Angeles, a mob of several thousand soldiers, sailors, and civilians, proceeded to beat up every zoot suiter they could find. Pushing its way into the important motion picture theaters, the mob ordered the management to turn on the house lights and then ran up and down the aisles dragging Mexicans out of their seats. Streetcars were halted while Mexicans, and some Filipinos and Negroes, were jerked from their seats, pushed into the streets and beaten with a sadistic frenzy.”
A witness to the attacks, journalist Carey McWilliams wrote,
Zoot Suit Sources
Cesar Chavez
Dolores Huerta
UFW
Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, and UFW
Farmers made very little and were overworked
Cesar ChavezBelieved farm workers had to unionizeStrength would come from bargaining as a group.Teamed up with Dolores Huerta
Dolores HuertaEstablished National Farm Workers AssociationMerged to make United Farm Workers (UFW)
UFWConflict
Chavez called for grape growers to except unionIgnored GroupGroup convinced supermarkets across the US not to
buy California grapesGrape company folded and accepted UFWHigher wages and benefits were given.
Cesar Chavez QuotesFrom the depth of need and despair, people can work together, can organize themselves to solve their own problems and fill their own needs with dignity and strength.
Students must have initiative; they should not be mere imitators. They must learn to think and act for themselves - and be free.
The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people.
AB2386 = Right to Breast Feed at Work
QuestionBased on the previous picture, do you believe
Cesar Chavez would have fought for this right? Why?
Cesar Chavez
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REHiLryR1oE&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sJznyNy4VI&feature=fvwrel
Dolores Huerta
Dolores Huerta
Cuban Immigration Quotes
I am not a communist and neither is the revolutionary movement. Fidel Castro
“Cuba ought to be free and independent, and the government should be turned over to the Cuban people.”William McKinley
Cuban Immigration Quotes
I find capitalism repugnant. It is filthy, it is gross, it is alienating... because it causes war, hypocrisy and competition. Fidel Castro
Cuban ImmigrantsFidel Castro rise to power.
Castro’s Politics Imprisoned those who did not agree with him. Took control of Property (sugar industry) Alliance with Soviet Union Dictator (done so he could stay in power)
Immigration 10% went into exile because of fear of imprisonment or
death Many of the wealthy fled to protect their assets over
fear Castro would take them (Socialism)
Fidel Castro
Cuban Immigrants (con.)Cubans only group that can gain citizenship
within 1 year of living in US (1966)
In response to Cuba, Reagan cancelled all forms of legal immigration except those seeking exile.
This increased scenes as follows:
Latino ImmigrantsImmigration and Reform Act of 1986
required employers to attest to their employees' immigration status.
made it illegal to knowingly hire or recruit unauthorized immigrants.
granted amnesty to certain seasonal agricultural illegal immigrants.
granted amnesty to illegal immigrants who entered the United States before January 1, 1982 and had resided there continuously. About three million illegal immigrants were granted amnesty.
School and ReformsHernandez v. Texas (1954)-no discrimination based
on class or ethnic group
Latino LA walkout of 1968
Largest Minority group in country (2003)
ELL programs
Lau v. Nichols-no discrimination if can’t speak English
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/photo-gallery/class/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzGvU_NAek4&feature=related