Advisory:
Eligible for English 151B & 163

Catalog Description:
This course covers the development of Chicano history. Special emphasis will be placed
upon the influence of Chicano history on contemporary institutions, particularly in the
Southwest and California.

Course Outline:
A. Mexican-American History: Origin and Background
1. Ancient Mexican Heritage in United States
2. Spain and New Spain (Mexico)
3. The Spanish (Mexican) Northward Movement
4. Creation of Modern Mexican Culture
5. Independence from Spain and the Development of Northern Mexico

B. War with the United States 1846-1848
1. BackgroundsThe Texas Problem
2. The War
3. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo1848

C. Anglo-Americans become dominant in Southwest 1850
1. The Westward Movement in the United States
2. Mexican-Americans disenfranchisement
3 Cultural isolationThe problems of the forgotten citizen .

D The Mexican-American in Twentieth-Century United States.
1. The effect of the Mexican Revolution of 1910 on the Mexican-American
2 World War I and Mexican-American participation .
3 Source of cheap labor in agriculture and factories and railroads .
4. The Depression and Repatriation - 1930s
5 Riots in Los Angeles 1943 .
6. World War II and the Mexican-American

E. MIDTERM

F. Post World War II
1. Exodus from rural to urban centers
2 Mexican-Americans become more aware of their second-class citizenship .
3. Korean War
4. Immigration from Mexicoits implications

G. The 1960s
1. The Vietnam War
2. Bracero Programits problems and implications
3. Mexican-Americans begin to assert themselves
a.California
b.New Mexico
c.Texas

H. Contemporary Problems and Possible Solutions
1 Educationthe record .
2. Housing the way it is
3 Discrimination overt undercurrent .
4. Political awarenessor lack of
5 Leadershipor lack of .

I. Which Direction the Mexican-American?
1 Cultural pluralism .
2. Problem of the majority
3. Assimilation and acculturation
4. The Mexican-American way of life

J Significance of the Mexican-American in the United States.
1. Size and strength of the third largest ethnic group in the United States
2. Contributions and influence of the Mexican-American on the history and society of
the Southwest
3. Contemporary Mexican-Americans in the United States .

K. FINAL

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