Mexican–American War

Jose Luis Gomez Espinal Dr. B Salwen American Music 117-002 11/01/2017 Evolution of Corridos Corrido’s have been in Latinos culture for many generations and heard worldwide. Corrido’s can be heard at parties, clubs, cantinas, restaurants, concerts, and many more places. It’s a beautiful piece of music that could be funny, sad, romantic, about a person, or a place. Where do corrido’s originated from? What is a corrido’s and how did end up with American culture? Mi Carro Ford is a corrido that…

authors life experiences and imagination, provided me with a good laugh, with its silly dialogue, but it also was relatable to my own life. Its characters can be found in the daily lives of the readers and paint an almost perfect picture of the Mexican American/Hispanic culture. Carlos Nicolas Flores, a very…

Mexican American Women The first Mexican immigrants migrated long before any records can identify. This is true for most native American people. “Latino culture has been apart of “American” culture longer than the United States has existed.” (Urbina, 6) Traveling in hopes of more resources and to escape tragedy. People from all over the world began to travel to the United States; a melting pot free from war and famine. Upon beginning a new life in the United States, Mexican immigrants quickly…

documentary was essentially about Latin Americans, from Guatemala, Mexico, Cuba, Nicaragua and Puerto Rico that migrated to the United States. This documentary went in depth on the history between America and all these countries individually. Each country had a complex history where they migrated to the United States because of many dangerous environments within their country that was caused directly or indirectly by the United States. Many Latin Americans went through hell in order to get here…

All throughout American History we have been taught about the Slavery, Civil rights movements, the presidents and many many wars. But, something that is always very much overlooked has been Dolores Huerta and Mexican American history in general. I believe that the knowledge to understand and to know who is Dolores and What she did to offer the Mexicans in the United States is something essential to fully understand the entirety of American History. Which sadly, like I mentioned before is…

independence and entrepreneurial spirit was one of the primary reasons she became a feminist” (Dolores Huerta Foundation). Dolores’ pursuit towards social justice through systemic and structural transformation is what made her an admired role model for Mexican American women. Dolores Huerta…

The Couple in the cage was a performance, filmed into a documentary of artist Guillermo Gómez-Peña and Coco Fusco. Guillermo Gómez-Peña is a Mexican–American performance and installation artist and writer, as well as an activist and educator. His works revolves around the issue of the north–south border and US–Mexican interactions. Gómez-Peña is deemed as a pioneer of performance art, experimental radio, video and installation art. His works often involve dense texts, a collaboration with…

is a New York-class battleship. The ship was launched on 18 May 1912 and commissioned on 12 March 1914. Soon after her commissioning, Texas saw action in Mexican waters following the "Tampico Incident" and made numerous sorties into the North Sea during World War I. When the United States formally entered World War II in 1941, Texas escorted war convoys across the Atlantic, and later shelled Axis-held beaches for the North African campaign and the Normandy Landings before being transferred to…

article “A Mexican Viewpoint on the War with the United States”, author Jesus Velasco- Martinez gave his argumentative input on what he believed was the truth behind the Mexican War. While it may seem that Martinez might have a bias perspective, being Mexican himself, he constructs his arguments with numerous facts and evidences to support his claims. Martinez based his statements on three important topics, which he believed in the end will help the reader understand the true nature of the…

was to provide Mexican-Americans equality, identity and freedom they so much deserved. Jose Angel Gutierrez, in “The Chicano Movement” and Nancy MacLean, in “The Civil Rights and the Transformation of Mexican American Identity and Politics,” argue that the Chicano movement during the 1960s and 1970s immensely affected the methods of politics, civil rights, and especially education for Chicanos all over the United States. The Chicano Movement not only fought for the people…