Despite the guarantees of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848), Anglos assumed the right to impose the English language on all the inhabitants of the Southwest.

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The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the Mexican-American War and promised to honor Mexican land grants and rights of the inhabitants of the ceded territories, but in practice, English language and American legal and cultural norms were imposed, often disregarding the treaty's guarantees.

Despite the Guarantees of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848)