CHICANO 10A Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Immigration Act Of 1917, Emergency Quota Act, American Immigration To Mexico
15 May 2016
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The railroads that had once served as a means for trade and development now serve as the main escape from the violence of revolution. 17:02: 1850"s to the end of the civil war: a bried (very brief) synopsis. After the mexican american war approximately 100,000 mexicans in the. Mexican experienced violent discrimination: war of gringo against greaser (vargas) . Mexicans labeled lazy, immoral, and criminal: land. Many mexicans dispossessed of land and relegated to positions of labor. As discussed in lecture, many were dispossessed by federal land laws and court rulings. Lands aslo taken away through tax forfeiture: anti-mexican laws. Persons commonly known as greasers who are vagrants and who go armed may be punished. provided excuse to seize mexican lands. Another law overturned the requirement that ca state laws be translated into spanish precursor to english-only movement: the great mexican migration, 1910 1929. Between 1900 and 1930, nearly 750,000 meixcans immigrated to the united.
