Mexican American

second-generation Mexican American men and women, focusing on their education and career success in America. It explores the theoretical issues in regards to them not fitting the research statistics for Mexican Americans in New York City. As well as discussing results of gender roles of parents at home, gendered ethnicity in the labor market, and the dynamics of gendered ethnicity in school choice. Overall it emphasizes the point of the success and adaptability of the women in these Mexican…

the Mexican and American culture. This started when Mexicans started being born in the U.S. producing the term Mexican-American. Parents of these Chicanos, another word for Mexican-American, often make them adapt only to one culture. However, some Chicanos like the American culture more than the Mexican culture and vise versa. This sparked the clash between these two different cultures. Nevertheless, it is evident which culture is better than the other. In the lives of Chicanos, the Mexican…

Impact on schooling & education. As Filipino American’s are more likely to speak English, their successful access to and achievement within the U.S. education system is greater than that of Mexican American’s. Important Traditions Filipino American traditions. Many Filipino American traditions center on family and Catholicism such as Misa de Gallo (series of nine Christmas mass) and Noche Buena (grand family Christmas Eve dinner after midnight mass). Other traditions and cultural themes…

The Mexican American war gave citizenship to thousands of individuals who resided in the American southwest prior to the war. Under the new treaty between Mexico and the United States, these new citizens were considered white according to the law. Consequently, these new citizens were never treated equivalent to Caucasians of Northern European ancestry. They were not allowed to occupy the same bathrooms, restaurants, schools, and even in death they had to be prepared and buried in isolated areas…

HISTORY In 1848, the victorious United Stated acquired a large part of Mexican territory, along with it, thousands of residents who were offered American Citizenship as a part of the treaty ending the war. Legal citizenship for Mexican Americans was one thing; equal treatment turned out to be quite another. Many would lose their land to unfamiliar American laws, or to swindlers. With the loss of land came the loss of status. HERNANDEZ VS. TEXAS In 1950, Pedro Hernandez, a migrant cotton…

Are you a supporter or a critic? Every war the United States has participated in there has followers and it’s opposition. The two-year Mexican-American War was greatly disputed. The war was ultimately started because of the disagreement over the territory between the Rio Grande and the Nueces River. The Mexican government opened fire on the United States trying to defend their land and the war broke out like wildfire. Were there justifications to support the United States going to war with…

The 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the short-lived Mexican-American War and awarded the United States more than half of Mexico’s territory. As the border moved south to the Rio Grande, between 75,000 and 100,000 Mexican citizens suddenly found themselves living in American territory. They were unfamiliar with their new country’s laws, language, and customs, and although the Treaty had awarded these new Mexican-Americans the full protections and rights of United States citizenship, it…

nationalism and sovereignty for Mexican Americans. It was also to show awareness of the mistreatment that Mexican-Americans have had to endure from the “gringo” since being invaded by Europeans. “El Plan Espiritual de Aztlán,” brought a spirit to the Mexican-Americans to show a movement and unit as a race. 2. DOCUMENT INFORMATION (There are many possible ways to answer A-D.) A. List three things the author said that you think are important: a.Mexican-Americans wanted to be appreciated by…

Introduction Cesar Chavez was a Mexican American labor activist (1927-1933). Chavez is also the head of the United Farm Workers. He helped improve working conditions for laborers in bad working condition. He was the voice for many farmworkers and engaged nonviolent means. He had led many boycotts and a few hunger strikes to improve work conditions. Childhood Cesar Estrada Chavez was born on March 31, 1927 in Yuma, Arizona. He grew up on a farm that his grandfather started, with his…

Battle of the Borders The Mexican-American war (the war that’s been also known as the Invasion of Mexico) was an armed conflict between the two countries from 1846-1848. The majority of this war took place in Texas because the Mexicans still considered that t be apart of their land still. This led to the Texas Revolution. This revolution began when colonists in the United States rebelled against the Mexican Government. This conflict between the two countries of Mexico and America became a big…