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Mexican American history, or the history of American residents of Mexican descent, largely begins after the annexation of Northern Mexico in 1848, when the nearly 80,000 Mexican citizens of California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico became U.S. citizens.
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Mexican Americans starting moving from the southwestern to large northeastern and midwestern cities after World War II. Large Mexican American communities developed in cities in the northeast and midwest such as St. Louis, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, and Pittsburgh. Around 90 percent of Mexicans in the United States live in urban areas. [99]
80,000-100,000 Mexican citizens lived in this territory, and were promised U.S. citizenship under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the Mexican–American War. [ 10 ] [ 19 ] [ 17 ] [ 18 ] About 3,000 decided to move to Mexican territory.
His biographer, Mario T. Garcia, once described Telles' election as the first Mexican American mayor of El Paso in 1957 as a groundbreaking event in the history of El Paso and the history of ...
Founded in 1888, the American School Foundation in Mexico City was created to cater to the American immigrants of the city. In an attempt to settle and industrialize rural areas, particularly the sparsely populated northern states, the Porfirian government encouraged organized settlements by Mexicans and foreigners.
Hundreds of thousands of Mexicans citizens living in the U.S. are expected to vote by mail, online and in-person at selected consulates to help elect Mexico's first woman president.
Hinojosa, a Mexican-American journalist, is the anchor and executive producer of Latino USA, a public radio show devoted to Latino issues. She helped launch Latino USA in 1992 and has also worked ...