Documents in Mexican American History

Mexican American History
	Close this window to return to the guide or Return to Digital History Home.
	Documents in Mexican American History Clicking the links below will open a new window; close that window to return to this page. Part 1: America's Spanish Heritage Introduction The Journey of Alvar Núñez Cabeza De Vaca Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca The Spanish Borderlands Francisco Vázquez de Coronado Resistance and Accommodation in New Mexico Don Antonio de Otermin Missionary Activity in New Spain's Northern Frontier Captain F. W. Beechey Alexander Forbes California's Mission System Pablo Tac Eulalia Pérez Junípero Serra: Saint or Emissary of Empire? Junípero Serra Junípero Serra The Fantasy Image of the Southwest Pedro Bautista Pino William Shaler Hardening Class Lines Debts to Spanish and Mexican Cultures Part 2: From Spanish to Mexican Rule Introduction The Consequences of Mexican Independence The Santa Fe Trail James Josiah Webb Anglo-American Settlement in Texas Stephen F. Austin Anglo-Mexican Relations in Texas José María Sánchez A Member of the Tejano Elite Secularization of the Missions Narcisco Dúran Increasing Social Stratification in the Southwest Guadalupe Vallejo Part 3: From Mexican to Anglo Rule Introduction The Texas Revolution Manuel Mier y Terán Stephen F. Austin The Battle of the Alamo Antonio López de Santa Anna Vicente Filisola The Texas Revolution: A Conflict of Cultures? José María Sánchez The Fate of the Tejanos John N. Seguín Comisión Pesquisadora de la Frontera del Norte Manifest Destiny John L. Sullivan Stages of Expansion José María Tomel y Mendívil The Mexican War James K. Polk A Controversial War Ramon Alcaraz Resistance Juan Bautista Vigil y Alarid Donaciano Vigil The San Patricios Mariano Arista Part 4: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Introduction The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Articles IX and X Article IX Article X Mexico Debates the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Manuel Crescencio Rejon Bernardo Couto A Backhanded Compromise: The Protocol of Quéretaro The Protocol of Quéretaro Part 5: Legacies of Conquest Introduction Land Loss Land Loss in California Hutchings' California Magazine The Public Land Commission Public Land Commission Antonio María Pico A Changing Economy New Mexico Land Loss in New Mexico Hispano Commercial Club of Las Vegas New Mexico Statehood Harper's Weekly New Mexico Constitution Part 6: Resistance Introduction The Bandido Resistance in Texas Juan Nepomuceno Cortina Juan Nepomuceno Cortina Resistance in California Tiburcio Vásquez Legend-making: Joaquín Murieta Joaquín Murieta Account by John Rollin Ridge The White Caps The White Caps Felix Martínez Part 7: Aguantar Introduction Community Institutions LULAC Labor Activism Governor C.C. Young's Fact-Finding Committee Frank C. McDonald Roman Catholic Church Archbishop Lamy Father Joseph B. Macheboeuf Part 8: North from Mexico Introduction Mexican Americans and Southwestern Growth Samuel Bryan Immigration Restriction John Box Ernesto Galarza Americanization Merton E. Hill Repatriados Mexican Consulate Carey McWilliams Mexican Americans and the New Deal The Bracero Program and Undocumented Workers President's Commission on Migratory Labor Testimony Before Congress Operation Wetback George Stith Juanita Garcia Part 9: La Causa Introduction Sleepy Lagoon Citizens' Committee for the Defense of Mexican-American Youth The Zoot Suit Riots Governor's Citizen's Committee Report on Los Angeles Riots Discrimination Against Mexican Americans in War Industries Carlos E. Castañeda The Méndez Case: Brown v. Board of Education for Mexican Americans Méndez et al. v. Westminster School District Recommendations on the Bracero Program American GI Forum of Texas and Texas State Federation of Labor Salt of the Earth Part 10: Chicanismo Introduction César Chavez César Chavez Dolores Huerta Proclamation of the Delano Grape Workers A New Militancy Henry B. Gonzalez The "Sleeping Giant" Awakes La Raza Unida Party Recovering Lost Lands Cinco de Mayo The National Chicano Moratorium Rubén Salazar Part 11: Mexican Americans in American Popular Culture Introduction Distorted Images Selena Part 12: The Struggle Continues Introduction Political Power Vilma S. Martínez Immigration Educational Inequality Dual Citizenship Assimilation, Separation, or a Third Way? Back to Top