1. Mexican Americans
1848 to the Present

2. The American (Mexican War)
John Tyler
John Calhoun
Henry Clay
Lewis Cass
James K. Polk
Liberty Party
James G. Birney
“Spot Resolutions”
Battle of Buena Vista 1847
General Winfield Scott
Colonel Stephen Kearney
General Zachery Taylor
John C. Fremont
Nicolas P. Trist

3. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1848
Gadsden Purchase 1853

4. 1848-1900 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1848 “Chicano” “Californios”
Land Act of 1851
Joaquin Murietta
Gadsden Purchase 1853

5. Geronimo
Mutualista (mutual aid society)
“Hispanos”
“Santa Fe Ring”
“Gorras Blancas” (White Caps)
Vaqueros
Texas Rangers
Juan Cortina
“Cortina War”
Corridos
Gregorio Cortez
El Paso del Norte (El Paso, Ciudad Juarez)
Salt War (1877)

6. Corrido of Gregorio Cortez
They went around asking questions about half an hour afterward; They found out that the wrongdoer had been Gregorio Cortez. Now they have outlawed Cortez throughout the whole of the state; Let him be taken, dead or alive, for he has killed several men.Then said Gregorio Cortez, with his pistol in his hand, "I don't regret having killed him; what I regret is my brother's death"…The Americans were coming; they were whiter that a poppy From the fear that they had from Cortez and his pistol….They let loose the bloodhound so they could follow the trail; But trying to overtake Cortez was like following a star….From Belmont he went to the ranch, where they succeeded in surrounding him, Quite a few more that three hundred, but he jumped out of their corral.When he jumped out of their corral, according to what is said here,
Gregorio Cortez, with his pistol in his hand, "Don't run, you cowardly rinches, from a single Mexican"….Now he has met a Mexican; he says to him haughtily, "Tell me the news; I am Gregorio Cortez.They say that because of me many people have been killed; so now I will surrender, because such things are not right."…All the rinches [Texas Rangers] were coming, so fast that they almost flew, Because they were going to get the ten thousand dollars that were offered.When they surrounded the house, Cortez appeared before them: "You will take me if I'm willing but not any other way."Then said the Major Sheriff, as if he was going to cry, "Cortez, hand over your weapons; we do not want to kill you." Then said Gregorio Cortez, shouting to them in a loud voice, "I won't surrender my weapons until I am in a cell"….

7. The Great Migration 1900-1930 Immigration Act of 1924
Contratistas (Labor Contractors)
Ellis Island
The Depression
East Los Angeles
“The Mexican Problem”
Repatriation
I.W.W. (International Workers of the World)
“Bisbee Deportations”

8. Carey McWilliams, Factories in the Fields
Union de Trabajadores de la Valle Imperial
Pachucos
Calo
Luis Valdes, Zoot Suit
Sleepy Lagoon 1942
Zoot Suit Riots 1943
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9. Bracero Program
“Operation Wetback” 1954
L.U.L.A.C. (League of United Latin-American Citizens) 1921
Mendez vs. Westminster School District of Orange County 1947
The G.I. Forum 1948
Dr. Hector P. Garcia

10. The Chicano Movement 1975- Chicano United Farm Workers (UFW)
Ruben Salazar
United Farm Workers (UFW)
Cesar Chavez

11. Delano Strike 1965
Reies Lopez Tijerina
Alianza Federal de Mercedes (Federal Alliance of Land Grants)
Rodolfo (“Corky”) Gonzales
La Crusada Para la Justicia
La Raza Unida Party
Yo Soy Joaquin

12. “Blowouts”
MECHA (Movimiento Estudiantil de Aztlan)
Brown Berets

13. Chicano Moratorium Committee