desire within Americans not only to expand westward, but to show of the strength of the Nation’s military. In 1820 James Monroe issued his Monroe Doctrine which stated that United States would no longer be open for colonization or conquest, of course this didn't mean that America couldn't continue to practice imperialism and during the time of Manifest destiny that is exactly what they did. (Acuna, 231). "Their (Mexican's) natural enemies are the officers and the soldiers of the North American army which…
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Chapter 11 describes the characteristics and the conceptualization of what it means to be a Hispanic extremely well. Since, I am a first-generation Mexican-American I too have endured most of the obstacles which Mr. Almanzan speaks of. However, there are a variety of groups which certain Latinos feel represented by according from their origin of place. For instance, “many people from Latin America are mestizos; that is, of mixed race that may include indigenous, African, Spanish, Portuguese, Jewish…
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2 THE MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR This report is based off an article written by Ronald Takaki. This articles narrates how the Mexicans were made strangers in their own land, and how eventually their land were taken from them also. This events happened in the early 1820’s through late 1890’s, where it started with the secularization of the missions and the lands were granted to a few hundreds Mexican families, then illegal American immigration to Mexican territory and finalizing with American taking control…
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the Mexican War of 1846.1 No American can deny that the Mexican War had proved profitable, but Mexicans had a completely different idea on the conflict. The Mexican War started up way before 1846, the conflicts between Mexico and America grew, and the conclusion of the war come about in 1848. This war is still a heated debate today. Were either Mexico or the United States guilty of making aggressive warfare? Did either violate international law? In the early 1800’s, the history of the Mexican-American…
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I was born into a traditional, working class Mexican-American family, which is a collectivistic culture. For example, one of the characteristics of the Mexican and Hispanic culture, is that family is crucial and sometimes come first before anything else. As a result, my family is very traditional and close to each other. Unfortunately, life is not perfect and there are events that seem disastrous at first, but then one realizes that these events only makes one stronger. Growing up and to this day…
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more often than not, have conflicting ideas. As such is the example of the following identities: Mexican-American, Latina, and Hispanic. Being true to yourself means being true to your heart. Being true to your heart is defined as following what makes you passionate, happy, and fulfilled. For me, that would be identifying myself as a mixture of all these three cultures. Today I am a Mexican-American, Latina, and Hispanic, who became a “luchadora” and defies all expectations which set me up to fail…
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The Mexican Americans took advantage of the new immigration laws which ended European immigration. There was a demand for labor which favored the Mexican Americans and provided them with an opportunity to migrate to the Midwest to acquire an opportunity to work. Many labor demands came from the state of Texas and the Mexican American population increased in the area because of the opportunities to work. They were mostly found working in the farms or in the railroad sections. Winter Garden, the Lower…
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cross-sectional survey that’s objective was to see how Mexican-American culture can have an effect on caregiving for Mexican-Americans, specifically from Southern California. Results found that Mexican-American participants had less desire than non-Latino participants to want support from formal institutes, but more desire with informal support with their reasoning being familial responsibility from the culture. The familial responsibility that the Mexican-American culture promoted as supported by the research…
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What do states like California, New Mexico, and Arizona all have in common? They all used to belong to Mexico before being admitted to the United States after the Mexican-American War. There had been years of tension between Mexico and the U.S. due to boundary disputes and the annexation of Texas. Soon, Congress officially declared war against Mexico after being persuaded by President Polk. Although the United States war against Mexico resulted in the gaining of America’s most valuable land, the…
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The Mexican-American War marked a significant turning point that increased tensions over slavery between the abolitionist North and the pro-slavery South. The war spanned from 1846 to 1848 that began over dilemmas regarding the border with Mexico along the Rio Grande. What followed was a fight between neighboring countries that ultimately ended with an American victory. With a previously annexed Texas, the US gained about a third of Mexican territory located in present day California, Utah, New Mexico…
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