Rio Grande Valley

Researched Historical Essay Many Latino men and women have had an affect on society as a whole. Whether it is at a community, state, nation wide, or entire race level. Even though there are many extremely famous Latinos out there (such as Roberto Clemente, Selena Quintanilla, or Esperanza Andrade), research proves that nobody means as much to them as there parents. On that note, it is my privilege to provide information on another great Latino that has impacted countless lives: Ivan E.…

Every nation to ever exist had some sense of a national destiny or purpose. “Manifest Destiny” is a phrase used by politicians in the 1840s to explain continental expansion in the United States. Americans felt that it was their destiny and their God given right to expand the United States from the Atlantic to the Pacific. In order to understand Manifest Destiny, it is important to understand the need and desire of the United States to expand and advance. Due to a high birth rate, immigration,…

border was Rio Grande, while Mexicans claimed their border was to the north of Rio Grande in Nueces. Polk sent troops under the command of General Zachary Taylor, in case Mexico planned to make an invasion in Texas. New Mexico happened to be part of the territory that was disputed over. The region was dominated by Spanish and Indians, and was later opened to America by the Mexican Government. The land was soon full of more Americans than Mexicans. Some settlers went to the Sacramento Valley in…

immigrants willing to traverse though dangerous lands to get to the wall should dramatically go down. Immigrants can be deceived by the landscape of the San Rafael valley, which extends several miles into the Mexican state of Sonora making it one of the most active smuggling corridor in the U.S. thus having the wall at the border will make this valley of less importance to would be illegal immigrants and drug trafficking. Philip Caputo (2007) writes about the experience of immigrants who travel…

Gloria Anzalduas was an incredible author. Being born in Texas, she’s had a big impact on past and present generations. Growing up in the Rio Grande Valley, she wrote about how she thought marginal cultures develop, explaining her views on politics, demographics, and geography. Anzaldua went to the University of Texas and Austin where she thought a pioneering course called “Mujer Chicana”. After this, she went to California and tutor student from there talking about different things such as…

2024 History 2301 Short Paper #1 Following the Mexican Revolution, disarray and social unrest spread far and wide across Mexico's people and their government, raising tensions among opposing political parties and the people of the border circling Rio Grande. Thesis: An in-depth analysis of the South Texas uprising of 1915, reviewed from the articles of James Sandos and Harold Weiss, details the Plan of San Diego as a revolutionary effort of shared economic and interracial disparity between…

Land surveying is the technique of determining position of points on the earth and using them to define boundaries and draw maps. It divides the land into parcels by providing correct descriptions, which is then assigned for ownership and other purposes. The original charter group from England brought the “Metes and Bounds” system of describing land or real estate to U.S. where it had been used for many centuries. It was used in the original thirteen colonies that became the United States…

Berenice Chavez-Rojas ANT 4123.001 09 March 2016 Manos and Metates of the Mimbrenos Mimbres is the name of a river in the mountainous southwestern New Mexico. The Mibres River valley has prehistoric archaeological sites with centuries of occupation. The elevation is as diverse as the vegetation. The arid climate and long growing season were attractive to maize, which dominated an agricultural movement. The increase in available food led to population growth and the need to process more grain at…

November 23, 2015, a crowd in Columbus, Ohio chants “Build a Wall” as current president elect Donald Trump stands as a towering monument in the center of the tune. With Inauguration Day briskly approaching, the possibility of a tangible barrier across the southern border increases tremendously. However, constructing a concrete barrier as the president elect desires to formulate proves not as simple as it sounds. Both Republicans and Democrats alike voice their concerns of a wall, ranging from an…

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