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

Question 1

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

A)Guadalupe Hidalgo.
B)Guadalupe Santa Anna.
C)Mexican Annexation.
D)Texas Liberation.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

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

A)Mestizo.
B)Braceros.
C)Tecanos.
D)Jetanos.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

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 ________.

A)sea
B)classroom
C)war with Portugal
D)church

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Those comparing the Mexican American experience to that of second stream immigrants base their claims on the fact that most Mexican Americans came to the United States side of the
Border:

A)before 1800.
B)after 1800.
C)before 1900.
D)after 1900.

Question 5

Based on Table 8.1,the peak years for numbers of Mexican immigrants to the United States were:

A)1991-2000.
B)1971-1980.
C)1921-1930.
D)1900-1910.

Question 6

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

A)the wall of shame.
B)politically neutral.
C)politically arbitrary.
D)the river of doom.

Question 7

It took the United States about ________ years to establish control over the Mexican Americans living on the land between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande.

A)20
B)40
C)60
D)84

Question 8

General Pershing's search for Pancho Villa led to ________ relations between the United States and Mexico.

A)damaged
B)improved
C)static
D)reversed

Question 9

The groups most threatening to the dominant group members of the United States in the second stream were the:

A)Europeans.
B)Asians.
C)Mexicans.
D)Africans.

Question 10

Mexican Americans became a conquered ________ in the United States.

A)minority
B)racial group
C)dominant group
D)extinct group

Question 11

By the time Texas revolted from Mexico,most were:

A)Tejanos.
B)Anglos.
C)Mexican.
D)Braceros.

Question 12

Texas was an independent republic for only ________ years.

A)2
B)5
C)10
D)37

Question 13

The highest concentration of Mexican Americans is in the:

A)Bay area.
B)Bible belt region.
C)Borderlands region.
D)northwestern U.S.region.

Question 14

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

A)anti-assimilationist framework.
B)melting pot framework.
C)Parks model approach.
D)three generation hypothesis.

Question 15

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

A)Anglicized
B)Francafied
C)Spanicized
D)Indianized

Question 16

Those Mexicans living in Texas who did not declare their intentions to remain Mexicans after one year:

A)were deported.
B)were imprisoned.
C)were automatically U.S.citizens.
D)were automatically Mexican citizens.

Question 17

After the war with Mexico ended the ________ did not end.

A)revolution
B)diseases
C)slavery
D)violence

Question 18

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

A)emigrants.
B)migrants.
C)prisoners.
D)victims of racism.

Question 19

The second wave of Mexican Americans came to the United States since:

A)1890-1907.
B)1900-1919.
C)1921-1930.
D)1945-1960.

Question 20

The United States and Spain,and later Mexico,had international relations that could be best described as:

A)"Exploitative."
B)"Mutually beneficial."
C)"Tension."
D)"Cooperative."

Question 21

Over the 140 years of the Mexican American experience,the process of assimilation has ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ among the Mexican Americans as one would
Expect.

A)"not allowed for Anglo conformity"
B)"not produced as much change"
C)"intensely altered Mexican American culture"
D)"intensely altered European cultural traits"

Question 22

Unlike the European immigrants,Mexican immigrants experienced a reversion to violence.

Question 23

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

Question 24

Many Mexican American veterans came home to find:

A)continuing discrimination.
B)continuing respect and honor.
C)mutual acceptance.
D)open work opportunities.

Question 25

The conquerors of Mexico were Christian and European.

Question 26

The land between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande was used as a staging area for U.S.
parties seeking more territory from Mexico.

Question 27

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

Question 28

By 1835,Anglos in Texas outnumbered Mexicans 10-1.

Question 29

Spaniards counted the Mexican Indians as out rather than in.

Question 30

World War II created a manpower surplus,leading to more deportations of Mexicans.

Question 31

Railroad work was the first type of work that drew Mexicans to work in the United States.

Question 32

________ moved Mexican American labor into U.S.agricultural work.

A)World War II
B)World War I
C)Vietnam War
D)Iraq-Gulf War

Question 33

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

A)issuing permanent visas at border stations.
B)issuing drug tests at border stations.
C)patrolling borders for illegal immigrants.
D)leaving borders unpatrolled.

Question 34

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

Question 35

Mexican Americans have felt tremendous pressure in the southwest to become Anglo
American.

Question 36

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

Question 37

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

Question 38

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

Question 39

Alvarez sees any similarity between Mexican "immigration" and European immigration as being:

A)profound in the self-definition process.
B)destructive to Americans.
C)superficial.
D)the reason for current uprisings in Mexico.

Question 40

The Hispano-Indian society came into contact with the United States after the Louisiana
Purchase.

Question 41

About 39 Mexican Americans received the Congressional Medal of Honor in World War II.

Question 42

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

Question 43

The war effort was undamaged by the Zoot Suit Riot.

Question 44

After World War II,Mexican Americans moved back to rural homes in America.

Question 45

In Plyler v.Doe the U.S.Supreme Court ruled that it was unconstitutional for school districts to
deny a free public education to undocumented immigrant children.

Question 46

Braceros and documented Mexican laborers made the same exact wage.

Question 47

The Zoot Suit Riot had international implications for America's true racist nature.