Mexican American Studies Spring Semester Exam Review

Alvaro obregon

Mexican Revolution general, President of Mexico (1920-1924). Oversaw educational & land reform, labor laws

Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna

Mexican politician & general, ruled eleven times (1833-1855).

Bartolome de las Casas:

"Apostle to the Indians," advocated for Native rights.

Benito Juárez

Mexican president who fought against French occupation and sought democratic reforms.

César Chávez

Co-founded National Farm Workers Association in 1962.

Emiliano Zapata

Leader of peasant revolution in Morelos.

Francisco I. Madero

Sparked the Mexican Revolution, served as 33rd president of Mexico (1911-1913).

Hector P. Garcia

Founded American G.I. Forum to fight discrimination against Mexican-American veterans.

jose mendoza lopez

highly decorated american soldier

juan seguin

tejano patriot in the texas revolution

miguel hidalgo y costilla

mexican priest established independence movement in the 1810

pancho villa

mexican revolutinary general

porfirio diaz

dictator of mexico 1876-1911

rodolfo corky gonzales

promoted plan espiritual de aztlan

stephen f austin

led colonization of texas

vicente guerrrero

revolutionary general and 2nd president of mexico

zachary taylor

us general in the mexican american war.

american g.i. forum

organization fighting against mexican- american veterans.

audiencia

spanish high court in colonies

aztecs

the mexica people

aztlan

ancestral home of the aztec people in southwestern us.

barrio

mexican american neighborhood

bracero program

laws and agreements for mexican farm labor in the us (1942)

chicano movement

civil rights movement for mexican american empowerment

council of the indies

governing body for colonial policy

criollos

upper-middle class spaniards born in the americas

east la walk-outs

1968 protests by chicano students

encomienda

labor grants for forced labor

hacienda

large estate in colonial spain

i am joaquin

poem associated with the chicano movement

la guerra de reforma

mexican civil war 1857-1860

la malinche

nahua women interpreter for hernan cortes

la raza unida

chicano nationalist organization