MEXICO AND SPAIN 1521 1810

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MEXICO AND SPAIN 1521 - 1810
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Montezuma - empire
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MEXICO AND TEXAS ? 1836
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TEXAS LONE STAR STATE
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TEXAS ANNEXATION 1845
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THE MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR 1846 1848 -
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TREATY OF GUADALUPE HIDALGO 1848
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Gold!!! - 1848
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1851 - California Land Act 1860s Mexican
Bandits resisttake-over of land 1854 -
GADSDEN PURCHASE
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Other Dates

• 1862 Cinco de Mayo (French out)
• 1880s early 1900s Mexican Americans build
  Railroads (60)
• 1904 1st border patrol to stop ASIANS!

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MEXICAN REVOLUTION 1911
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CHASING PANCHO VILLA
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MEXICO AND WWI
Zimmerman Note April 6, 1917
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1917 Immigration Act requires literacy
test 1924 Peak year for Mexican Immigration
? Immigration Act of 1924 We bar Mexican
immigration and implement a Head tax 1931 -
Lemon Grove Incident Americanization Schools ?
desegregation challenge successful
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1924 U.S. Border Patrol was created 1934 -
Good Neighbor Policy no armed intervention in
Latin America- Forced repatriation of Mexican
nationals
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1942 Bracero Program1946 GI Bill improves
conditions1947 Truman first Pres. To visit
Mexico- Mendez vs. California overturns
Separate but Equal doctrine1953 Operation
Wetback deports 3.8 million