15B—History of Latin America
Mexican-Americans and Immigration in the 20c
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I. Legacies of Conquest

-75K Tejanos, Californios, Nuevomexicanos
-"greasers"
-gente decente, limpieza de sangre
-La Raza

II. Economic Development and Immigration, 1890-1920

-Porfiriato & Mexican Revolution
-1908, restrictions on Asian immigration
-1917-1924, restrictions on Old World immigration

III. The Depression and World War II

-1929-1939, +/- 1/2 million return to Mexico
-1942, Emergency Farm Labor Program (the Bracero program)
-wetbacks

IV. The Cold War

-1950, Internal Security Act
-1952, Immigration and Nationality Act
-1954, Operation Wetback

V. Assimilationists vs. Mutualistas