mexicanos p4
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MexicanosPart 1
By:Ysabel Medina
Ch. 4 The American Southwest
California
• Gold Rush– 1848– “Greasers”=Mexicans who became rich due to old
mining– Land Act of 1851– By 1880 only a 1/5 of the population was Mexican
Texas
•Tejano regional population• San Antonio• El Paso• Lower Rio Grande Valley•Anglos were slow to populate area•Immigration from Mexico increased the Mexican population•Railroad of El Paso
Arizona and New Mexico• Arizona– Treaty of Mesilla– Gadsden Purchase– Old Pueblo commercial location– Apaches– Hispanic communities
• New Mexico– Mexican citizens dominated area– Native American population– End of civil war brought an Anglo population– Railroad
Arizona and New Mexico
•Arizona• Treaty of Mesilla• Gadsden Purchase• Old Pueblo commercial location• Apaches• Hispanic communities
•New Mexico• Mexican citizens dominated area• Native American population• End of civil war brought an Anglo
population• Railroad
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