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- Title
The Legacy of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo on Tejanos' Land.
- Authors
Hernández, Sonia
- Abstract
During the second half of the twentieth century, several changes have occurred in the study of Mexican Americans in the present-day Southwest. Both historians and sociologists developed an interest in studying Mexican American's social, political, and economic contributions. Consequently, many historians developed their own thesis of the Mexican American experience in the United States. In 1846, the Americans waged war on Mexico under the ideology of Manifest Destiny. This "stemmed from the need to accumulate more land, to celebrate heroes, and to prove the nation's power by military superiority." The Mexican American War turned out to be very costly to Mexico. Many Mexicans who were living in Texas chose to return to Mexico, but those who decided to stay relied on the treaty to protect their rights as citizens, but eventually because of clashes with the Anglo community were treated as second-class citizens. The treaty guaranteed those basic rights such as liberty, property, and religion of those Mexicans who chose to remain in the ceded territory. Nevertheless, many Mexican Americans lost their land, had their civil rights violated, and were not equally represented in politics.
- Subjects
MEXICO; UNITED States; MEXICAN War, 1846-1848; MEXICAN Americans; POLITICAL messianism; TREATIES
- Publication
Journal of Popular Culture, 2001, Vol 35, Issue 2, p101
- ISSN
1540-5931
- Publication type
Article