Chicano 008

First Test

Civil Rights

Freedoms to the people provided by the government. Ex: Bill of rights, Constitution

Civil Liberties

Legal protections against discrimination. Ex: Voting Rights Act of 1965, 14th Amendement

Original definition of Chicano

“Poorest of the poor”

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Formed in 1848, promised to grant Mexicans in newly acquired Americans lands the rights to enjoy their property. Mexicans can keep their culture

Life expectancy of migrant farm worker

49 years

L.A. 13

Mexican-American gang in Los Angeles

“I am Joaquin”

Epic poem in the 1960s written by Corky Gonzales as part of the Chicano movement.

Tracking System

Chicano students were forced to get into specific occupations, often determined by IQ

Drop out rate East LA in the 1960s

¾ Mexican students

Brown Beret

Militant pro-Chicano activist group in the 60s that fought for Chicano rights

El teatro Campensino

Chicano theater troupe started by Luiz Valdez in order to support the United Farm Workers movement led by Cesar Chavez

“Blow Out”

Mass student walkout in protest of unfair treatment of Mexicans

Atzlan

Southwestern US, native Mexicans, native place of the Mexicans

Percentage of Chicano casualties in Vietnam

Around 10-20% of deaths in Vietnam

Jim Crow Laws

After Civil War, laws introduced in the south that allowed segregation to persist

Examples of Spanish fantasy heritage

Spanish food, spanish heritage, spanish dances that are all in reality belonging to the Natives.

An example of the spirit of La Fiesta activities

Horse rides down the street, “Spanish food” and “Spanish music” is played.

real masters of the Southwest

Nomadic Indians; the Apaches, Utes, Navajo, Comanches

The fan of settlement refers to

Mexican American communities in the Southwest after Mexican-American war

New Mexicans lived without much commerce, but grew _____ and made ______

sheep/grain, tools

The Spanish-speaking population suffered confusion and exploitation due to growth and competition involving

Vagueness of land barriers in New Mexico

The state with the largest influx of Anglos around 1880s-1920s was

California/Texas

Nex Mexico ranchers tended sheep on farms, but California ranchers, particuarly after the missions were secularized, tended _____

Cattle