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Mexican-American War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For many Americans, victory in the war brought a surge in patriotism as the acquisition of new western lands (the country had also acquired the southern half of the Oregon Country in 1846) seemed to fulfill citizens' belief in their country's Manifest Destiny. Mexican casualties remain somewhat of a mystery, and are estimated at 25,000. The Mexican government, in the throes of its own volatile changes in power, reacted to this development with complaints that the United States, by annexing its rebel province, was intervening in Mexico's internal affairs and had unjustly seized sovereign Mexican territory. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mexican-American_War   (3638 words)

Mexican American - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The ethnonym Mexican American is the usual term of self description for people with strong ties to both the United States of America and Mexico.It describes both United States citizens of Mexican ancestry (14 million in 2003) and Mexican citizens who reside in the United States (10 million in 2003). Mexican Americans account for 64% of the Hispanic or Latino population of the United States. Latino Voices: Mexican, Puerto Rican, and Cuban Perspectives on American Politics (1992) en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mexican-American   (1491 words)

Mexican American Immigration in Kansas -- Brown Quarterly -- v. 3, no. 2 -- Fall 1999 Mexican economist Francisco Bulnes estimated the purchasing power of the Mexican worker in the late 1800s was 1,400 percent less than that of the American farm laborer. This incident reminded Mexican Americans that for all of their patriotism, the Anglo community still did not perceive them as Americans. Keenly aware that their compatriots were risking their lives for freedoms most had never known, Mexican Americans became highly resentful. brownvboard.org /brwnqurt/03-2/03-2a.htm   (2157 words)

The History Guy: The U.S.-Mexican War (1846-1848) First, the desire of the U.S. to expand across the North American continent to the Pacific Ocean caused conflict with all of its neighbors; from the British in Canada and Oregon to the Mexicans in the southwest and, of course, with the Native Americans. As American forces penetrated into the Mexican heartland, some of the defending forces resorted to guerrilla tactics to harass the invaders, but these irregular forces did not greatly influence the outcome of the war. Mexican military leadership was often lacking, at least when compared to the American leadership. www.historyguy.com /Mexican-American_War.html   (2331 words)

The Mexican American War It is commonly assumed that the Mexicans actually fired the first shot of the war by ambushing an American patrol in the Rio Grande area, although it is unknown as to whether this occurred on the Mexican or American side of the border. Polk further encouraged the Mexicans to commence open conflict by leaving Taylor with precious few men in the face of a significantly larger Mexican force, inciting the Mexicans to try their hand against the Americans. Indeed, before and throughout the duration of the war there were some that actively advocated the annexation of all of Mexico, in the belief that Mexicans could never govern themselves for their own good. www.geocities.com /cvallence007/RI335-Assignment.html   (1139 words)

Mexican War and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo - 1848 The Mexican War has generally been condemned by American historians as "the foulest blot on our national honor," a war forced upon Mexico by slaveholders greedy for new territory, a perfect illustration of La Fontaine's fable of the wolf picking a quarrel with the lamb solely for an excuse to devour him. The Mexican commissioners, however, insisted on having both banks of the Rio Grande and all of California up to the neighborhood of San Francisco, besides receiving damages for injuries inflicted by the American troops in their invasions. In return, the United States paid Mexico $15,000,000 cash and assumed some $3,250,000 more in claims of American citizens on the Mexican government. www.sfmuseum.org /hist6/muzzey.html   (1910 words)

Immigration...Mexican: Introduction Mexican immigrants, along with their Mexican American descendants, occupy a unique place in the story of U.S. immigration. Mexican American culture will likely continue to shape U.S. life in language, politics, food, and daily living and will help define the nation's identity for a new century. Millions of people in the United States today identify themselves as Mexican immigrants or Mexican Americans. memory.loc.gov /learn/features/immig/mexican.html   (478 words)

The Mexican War Mexican losses were estimated at more than 4,000 killed and wounded and more than 2,500 prisoners; by contrast, American losses were slightly more than 1,000. The Americans were susceptible to subtropical diseases and found it difficult to maintain sanitary conditions in the camps. Mexican leaders clearly expected to win these battles as well as to recover Texas and win the war. www.lnstar.com /mall/texasinfo/mexicow.htm   (4040 words)

Mexican American Traditions in Nebraska Mexican Americans in Nebraska, as in other areas of the country and even in Mexico, no longer follow the custom, nor do they engage in traditional celebrations of the Day of the Dead with their ancestors on November 2. But this is not new, for many of the established Mexican American families in Nebraska came generations ago to work in meat-packing, on the railroads, or in the sugar beet fields in the western part of the state. While the experiences of Mexican Americans are different, depending on their place of origin and length of time in the United States, most have experienced racism and discrimination in everyday life. www.nebraskahistory.org /lib-arch/whadoin/mexampub/traditns.htm   (3563 words)

Picture This: Depression Era Mexican American U.S. citizens who were children at the time were also deported to Mexico along with their Mexican parents. Mexican and Mexican American workers often earned more in the United States than they could in Mexico's civil war economy, although California farmers paid Mexican and Mexican American workers significantly less than white American workers. At the same time that wages were dropping due to the new white refugee labor, established Mexican and Mexican American farm workers had become a threat by banding together, often with other non-whites, and organizing strikes to protest lowered wages and worsening living conditions. www.museumca.org /picturethis/3_2.html   (622 words)

Mexican-American War On March 24, 1846, an American army commanded by General Zachary Taylor encamped along the northern banks of the Rio Grande, directly across the river from Mexican soldiers. One of the strategies of the war was that the invasion of Mexico City would force the Mexican government to capitulate to the Americans' territorial claims. The Mexican War combined with the overland trail migrations and the gold rush of 1849 bought about the fulfillment of "Manifest Destiny". www.nps.gov /fosc/mexican.htm   (1066 words)

Mexican American Odyssey Mexican American Odyssey thus portrays a significant individual and places him within a larger context as a member of a generation whose importance still affects society at large. In Mexican American Odyssey, Thomas H. Kreneck not only traces the influential life of Houston entrepreneur and civic leader Felix Tijerina but also shows how Tijerina's enterprise influenced and reflected the trends in Mexican American development during years that were crucial for the Hispanic community. He was an active leader of local, state, and national Mexican American organizations, and in those groups he worked to advance the Hispanic community and promote social harmony. www.tamu.edu /upress/BOOKS/2001/kreneck.htm   (445 words)

Cultural Diversity: Eating in America, Mexican-American, HYG-5255-95 The difference between Mexican, Puerto Rican, and other Latin American countries includes 500 years of separate history, as well as entirely different native populations that were present when the Spaniards arrived. The Mexican diet of today is rich in a variety of foods and dishes that represent a blend of pre-Columbian, Spanish, French, and more recently, American culture. Thus, the Mexican, Puerto Rican, and Latin American cultures each have a completely different concept of what foods are appropriate and what these foods are called. ohioline.osu.edu /hyg-fact/5000/5255.html   (1106 words)

MBEAW: Mexican American History, Life & Values Mexican Workers and American Dreams: Immigration, Repatriation and California Farm Labor, 1900-1939 (New Brunswick NJ: Rutgers, 1994). "Carne, carnales and the carnivalesque: Bakhtinian batos, disorder, and narrative discourses," American Ethnologist 16,3 (8/89):471-86. Mexican immigrant family life and social deterioration in the Yakima Valley. www.mbeaw.org /resources/history/mexicanamerican.html   (2930 words)

LAC Mexican American Because Mexican American teenagers at the time adopted the dress fashion known as "drapes," resembling the zoot suits worn by young men in Harlem, they were called "zoot-suiters," and were typecast as hoodlums. The press claimed that the Mexican zoot-suiters were planning retribution on the white residents, so on June 7 hundreds surged into the streets of Los Angeles, beating and stripping off the clothes of Mexican American youths. Before distinctions were made between "Mexican" and "American," there were indigenous peoples who lived in the areas that are now politically defined as Mexico and the United States. www.msmc.la.edu /ccf/LAC.Mexican.html   (2272 words)

Handbook of Texas Online: MEXICAN AMERICANS Though the American takeover of Texas in 1836 reversed the fortunes of this elite cohort, Mexican Americans devised imaginative responses in their determination to maintain old lands, buy small parcels of real estate, found new businesses, and develop political ties with Anglo-Americans. Even as Anglo-American society attempted to relegate Tejanos to second-class citizenry, Mexican Americans have sought to find their place in America. The arrival of thousands of Mexican immigrants in the early years of the twentieth century affected group consciousness as now a major portion of the population looked to the motherland for moral guidance and even allegiance. www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/MM/pqmue.html   (4200 words)

The Mexican American War The Age of Jackson, the Westward Expansion, the Mexican American War and discovery of gold in California are all covered. When the Mexicans refused to meet with a US envoy sent to negotiate a settlement of outstanding issues, President Polk ordered American forces to maneuver close to the Mexican border in disputed territory. The American annexation of Texas whose independence the Mexican had never fully accepted made war with Mexico inevitable. www.multied.com /mexican   (89 words)

3f. Mexican-American Voices [Beyond Books - American Literary Voices Part 2] Mexican American literature is just one example of the artistic benefits that result from the meeting of two different cultures. Pioneers of Mexican American literature, Pedro Rocha and Lupe Martínez wrote "The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez" in 1929. One of the first popular Mexican American authors, Josefina Niggli was also a playwright, teacher, and scriptwriter for The Twilight Zone and The Mark of Zorro in the 1940s. www.beyondbooks.com /lam12/3f.asp   (1255 words)

Mexican American Studies & Research Center -- Home In 1968 a group of Mexican American faculty members at the University of Arizona came together to form the Mexican American Studies Program in response to student and community demands for change. The need for a Center was a result of the failure of higher education to perform the necessary research on Mexican Americans in Arizona and throughout the country. The Mexican American Studies & Research Center is committed to contemporary applied public policy research on Mexican Americans. masrc.arizona.edu   (289 words)

Mexican-American War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Mexican-American War was fought between the United States and Mexico between 1846 and 1848. Mexican casualties remain somewhat of a mystery, and are estimated at 25,000. Among many Americans, victory in the war brought a surge in patriotism as the acquisition of new western lands—the country had also acquired the southern half of the Oregon Country in 1846—seemed to fulfill citizens' belief in their country's Manifest Destiny. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mexican-American_War   (3637 words)

A History of the Mexican-American People Samora examines the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo that ended the Mexican-American War, U.S. violations of the treaty, and contemporary repercussions. The book then scans the North American continent in the 1 19th century, highlighting Mexico's achievement of independence from Spain and consequent loss of its northernmost territories to the United States. The third part of the book evaluates the impact of the Mexican Revolution on both sides of the border and the effect of mass migrations from Mexico. www.jsri.msu.edu /museum/pubs/MexAmHist   (288 words)

Handbook of Texas Online: MEXICAN WAR On April 25 the Mexican troops at Matamoros crossed the river and ambushed an American patrol. Initial American strategy called for a blockade of the Mexican coast and the occupation of the northern Mexican states in the unrealistic hope that these measures would lead to an acceptable territorial settlement. On assuming the American presidency in 1845, James K. Polk attempted to secure Mexican agreement to setting the boundary at the Rio Grande and to the sale of northern California. www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/MM/qdm2.html   (872 words)

Mexican-American Collection A young Mexican American discusses her beliefs in the types of education and employment ethnic groups may achieve, discrimination, and family roles. Narrator was part of a mass movement of Mexican Nationals and Americans of Mexican descent during the 1930s. Repatriation of Mexico nationals and Mexican Americans living in the Los Angeles area during the 1930s, including family problems during the Depression; ethnic community of East Los Angeles and racial prejudices during the 1920s and 1930s. coph.fullerton.edu /mexican-american_collection.htm   (2129 words)

Mexican Voices American Dreams; A Celebration of Mexican Immigration The majority of the Mexican population in the U.S. is composed of either immigrants or first generation Americans. The liberal-reformist movements inspired by Caesar Chavez, as well as the entry of Mexican American, Henry B. Gonzalez into the Senate, shaped the immigration stage for the final two decades of the 20th Century, which witnessed the largest wave of immigration to the U.S. since the 1900s. Forever to their credit, Mexican Americans have achieved all this while maintaining a strong cultural and family heritage. www.ailf.org /exhibit/ex_mexican_files/mexicans04exhibit.asp   (646 words)

Mexican American War - Liberty - Themepark Make the acquaintance of Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, the Mexican president and general during the Mexican American War. It was a philosophy or attitude held by many Americans in 1800s. It was felt that this expansion was so inevitable that force could be used in the expansion and the rights of the native peoples were important. www.uen.org /themepark/liberty/mexicanamericanwar.shtml   (685 words)

Mexican American War On May 9, 1846, word reached Washington, D.C. that American troops had been attacked by Mexican forces on April 4. In addition, some 11,155 Americans died of disease as a result of the war. 1846- Battle of Palo Alto, the first important engagement of the Mexican War, was faught, with the Mexicans on the losing side. www.usahistory.com /wars/mexico.htm   (565 words)

Mexican-American War So, the Americans believed they were on Texan (soon to be American) soil, while the Mexicans believed that the Americans were on Mexican soil (Lavender 130). The Mexicans, however, did not acknowledge this boundary and instead believed that it was the Nueces River. If he could make the American people identify the name Tyler with American expansion, maybe he could overcome the disdain of both the Democrats and the Whigs (Combs 88). www.azteca.net /aztec/war/Mexican-American-War.html   (1359 words)

Open Directory - Home: Cooking: World Cuisines: Latin American: Mexican Mexican Recipes - The collection is categorized by course and by ingredient including desserts, beef, poultry and pork. Mexican Recipes from the Kitchen of Lawrence Wheeler - Wide range of Mexican recipes, including desserts and vegetarian dishes. Mexican Recipes by World Recipes - Offers a small variety of well-known mexican recipes such as guacamole, chiles rellenos, carne asada, enchiladas and tres leches cake. dmoz.org /Home/Cooking/World_Cuisines/Latin_American/Mexican   (1749 words)

Art of Mexico - Latin American Art - Hispanic Art Mexican Dance and Culture - Xuchipilli is the Aztec divinity of the Dance and the Love. Celebrate Hispanic Culture Month Many Hispanic Americans trace their roots to the cultures of the indigenous peoples of the Americas. This site does list Spanish artists--and does NOT mention the more noted Mexican artists. www.princetonol.com /groups/iad/lessons/middle/mexico.htm   (1879 words)

Mexican American/Latino Studies Program The Center for Mexican American and Latino Studies at Richland College enriches awareness and understanding of the Mexican-American and Latino experience in the United States, through an interdisciplinary approach to education, community development, and scholarship. The Center for Mexican American and Latino Studies honors the contributions of Mexican American culture common to the Southwest and the many Latino communities in our region by exploring the ways in which communities, languages, and traditions intersect to create a shared heritage. An Associate of Arts with an emphasis on Mexican American/Latino studies with transferability to a four-year institution. www.rlc.dcccd.edu /mals   (167 words)

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