Mexico didn’t have much to offer to the people of Mexico due to the fact that they their country wasn’t good economically. Everyone had a hard time when they made their way across the lands in America for better resources and a new start. All the immigrants were given a hard time as they live their life in their new home. From 1830s to 1850s, Mexican immigrated from Mexico to California for many different reasons because it caused a major impact within American History because it forced the US through tough times like Manifest Destiny, daily life in new lands, start of a new war and an end to the war. According to “The Encyclopedia of the Mexican-American War” by Ed. Spencer C. Tucker, “The expansion was where Mexicans slowly made their way
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“There is many industries form by the American where the immigrants work for low wages, allowing for mass production of items from the company” ("The Encyclopedia of the Mexican-American War.") Even though the immigrants got the job for them to survive, but they didn’t have any “countervailing forces, such as government regulation and oversight” ("The Encyclopedia of the Mexican-American War.") This overall show that Mexicans wasn’t able to have the protection they wanted as they are starting on with a new life from their old …show more content…
This cause Mexican immigrants to be judged harshly by the Americans. “The Americans lost a lot of economic gain by spending 100 million to fight a pointless war” ("The Encyclopedia of the Mexican-American War.") This means that after the war there is going to be a lot of things that the Americans have to do to get their country back together. The book Immigration by Jeff Hay helps shows how the immigrants treat by the Americans when the war broke out. According to the Americans, “Mexicans are becoming more and more useless due to the fact that they didn’t want to convert to their religion” (Hay,155-156). This shows that the Americans want their country to be more uniform where everyone is the same and equal in every way. “Mexicans didn’t have a say in the government system, meaning that they weren’t able to give their opinion on what they want and change” (Hay, 157-158). The Mexicans wasn’t able to share their opinions with everyone within the government due to the fact that the Americans wasn’t ready to work together with them to make America
“There is many industries form by the American where the immigrants work for low wages, allowing for mass production of items from the company” ("The Encyclopedia of the Mexican-American War.") Even though the immigrants got the job for them to survive, but they didn’t have any “countervailing forces, such as government regulation and oversight” ("The Encyclopedia of the Mexican-American War.") This overall show that Mexicans wasn’t able to have the protection they wanted as they are starting on with a new life from their old …show more content…
This cause Mexican immigrants to be judged harshly by the Americans. “The Americans lost a lot of economic gain by spending 100 million to fight a pointless war” ("The Encyclopedia of the Mexican-American War.") This means that after the war there is going to be a lot of things that the Americans have to do to get their country back together. The book Immigration by Jeff Hay helps shows how the immigrants treat by the Americans when the war broke out. According to the Americans, “Mexicans are becoming more and more useless due to the fact that they didn’t want to convert to their religion” (Hay,155-156). This shows that the Americans want their country to be more uniform where everyone is the same and equal in every way. “Mexicans didn’t have a say in the government system, meaning that they weren’t able to give their opinion on what they want and change” (Hay, 157-158). The Mexicans wasn’t able to share their opinions with everyone within the government due to the fact that the Americans wasn’t ready to work together with them to make America