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

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

Answer 2

D

Question 3

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

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

Answer 3

A

Question 4

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 5

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 6

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

Question 7

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 8

Texas was an independent republic for only ________ years.

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

Question 9

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 10

How are Mexican Americans both an immigrant and colonized group?

Question 11

Mexican Americans became a conquered ________ in the United States.

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

Question 12

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 13

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 14

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 15

By the time Texas revolted from Mexico,most were:

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

Question 16

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 17

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 18

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 19

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

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

Question 20

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 21

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

Question 22

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

Question 23

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

Question 24

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 25

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

Question 26

Spaniards counted the Mexican Indians as out rather than in.

Question 27

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

Question 28

The conquerors of Mexico were Christian and European.

Question 29

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 30

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 31

Many Mexican American veterans came home to find:

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

Question 32

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

Question 33

During the U.S.Depression of 1930s many Mexicans were:

A) granted citizenship.
B) given permanent residence.
C) deported.
D) lynched.

Question 34

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

Question 35

Zoot suiters called themselves:

A) "Tough guys."
B) "Americans."
C) "Mexicans.
" D) "Pachucos."

Question 36

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 37

Who finally broke up the Zoot Suit Riots?

A) civilian police
B) shore-patrol/Military Police
C) Marine soldiers
D) common citizens

Question 38

________ 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 39

The Sleepy Lagoon Trial was:

A) justice at its best.
B) racially biased.
C) racially neutral.
D) an attack on sailors.

Question 40

The Braceros Program ended with:

A) great U.S.-Mexican relations.
B) poor U.S.-Mexican relations.
C) second U.S.-Mexican war.
D) border raids.

Question 41

Make the claim that Mexican Americans have proven their loyalty to the United States at ? critical times in the country's history.

Question 42

Braceros and documented Mexican laborers made the same exact wage.

Question 43

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

Question 44

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

Question 45

Make the argument that Mexican Americans represent a diverse ethnic group with a ? historically unique pattern of immersion into U.S.society.

Question 46

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

Question 47

List ten events that hurt Mexican-U.S.relations over the history of the two countries.Provide ? dates.

Question 48

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

Question 49

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

Question 50

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

Question 51

Give five evidences that Mexican Americans have successfully resisted Anglo-Conformity.? Give five evidences that Mexican Americans have influenced the mainstream Anglo culture.

Question 52

Make the argument that Mexican American immigrants represent a unique group of ethnic
Americans,unlike second stream immigrants,giving specific evidence to support your claims.
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Question 53

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

Question 54

Make the argument that an anti-assimilationist perspective best serves a clear understanding ? of the Mexican American experience.

Question 55

Make the argument that Mexican Americans since 1900 are newcomers (provide five
evidences).Now,make the argument that Mexican Americans since 1900 are homecomers (provide five evidences).

Question 56

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 57

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

Question 58

Make the argument that Mexican American immigrants resemble second stream immigrants,? giving specific evidence to support your claim.

Question 59

The war effort was undamaged by the Zoot Suit Riot.

Question 60

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

Question 61

List the key events and dates of both United States and Mexican histories which have
contributed to strained international relations and/or poor dominant group perceptions of Mexican Americans.