Exam 8: Mexican Americans: From Colonized Minority to Political Activists

In the Texas frontier most people were a mixture of Spanish and Indian,also called:

Mexican Americans became a conquered ________ in the United States.

Alvarez (1985)argues that the boundary between the United States and Mexico is:

The flow of Mexican immigration was dampened in the late 1920s when the United States discontinued the practice of:

The Sleepy Lagoon trial reinforced the impression that Mexicans were naturally criminals.

Braceros and documented Mexican laborers made the same exact wage.

About 75,000-100,000 Mexicans were in Texas territory as conquered citizens.

Very many Mexican Americans came to the United States in the 50 years following the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

The highest number of Mexican Americans immigrating to the United States in a decade was 2,249,421.

Alvarez (1985)argues that Mexicans were not immigrants to the United States.He claims they are more like:

Many Mexican American veterans came home to find:

According to the authors,the exploration and colonization of the Spanish territories,including Mexico,relied more strongly on the initiative of the Crown and the ________.

Compared to the culture of the United States,the culture of Mexico had become much more ________ by 1821 than had the United States.

The conquerors of Mexico were Christian and European.

Spaniards counted the Mexican Indians as out rather than in.

The authors argue that the best approach to the Mexican American experience is the:

The treaty that gave half of Mexico to the United States and ended the war with Mexico was called the Treaty of:

Very few Mexicans came to the United States illegally then later became citizens.

When Texas was annexed,relations in the borderlands became peaceful for the most part.

The Mexican immigration fell below 4,000 in 1931,a first since 1907.