Grab Bag 1
This term was used instead of Hispanic due to the colonial connection with Spain.
What is Latino?
This labor system was established in the 1500s to reward Conquistadors with land and the labor of indigenous peoples that lived there.
What was the encomienda system?
Holiday celebrated to remember Mexico’s victory over the French at the Battle of Puebla in 1862.
What is Cinco de Mayo?
This event in Mexico caused a tenth of the Mexican population to flee to the United States in the early 1900s.
What was the Mexican Revolution?)
He was the Aztec leader that confronted Hernan Cortez in 1519.
Who was Montezuma?
The investigating, punishing, and preventing of perceived criminal offenses without legal authority.
What is vigilante justice?
This was the primary reason Americans were migrating to Texas in the 1820s.
What is cheap land?
This group of Texas lawmen developed a reputation for vigilantism in the early 1900s.
Who are the Texas Rangers?
This American impresario led the “Old 300” to colonize Texas in the 1820s.
Who is Stephen F. Austin?
This event is known as Mexico’s declaration of independence.
What is the Grito de Delores?
The U.S. states of New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah, and Colorado were part of this land acquisition in 1848.
What is the Mexican Cession?
This pre-Columbian city’s origin is largely a mystery, but some scholars believe it was founded by elements of the earlier Toltec civilization.
What is was Teotihuacan?
This is a term for a social group that shares a common and distinctive culture, religion, and/or language.
What is ethnicity?
This was an important geographic cause of the Pueblo Revolt.
What was a drought?
This was the border between Mexico and Texas that the Mexicans favored.
What is the Nueces River?
This diplomatic message between Germany and Mexico in 1917 was a reason for the US to enter World War I.
What was the Zimmerman Telegram?)
This was one of the Maya’s greatest innovations, which displays their advances in mathematics and astronomy.
What is the Mayan Calendar?)
This disease is thought to have weakened the Aztecs and contributed to the eventual Spanish conquest.
What is smallpox?
In this treaty, Mexico was forced to cede almost 55% of their territory to the United States in 1848.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
She was an invaluable translator for Cortez during his conquest of the Aztecs.
Who is Malinche?
This Latina professor is a leading authority and advocate bringing attention and awareness to the anti-Mexican violence of the early 20th century.
Who is Monica Munoz Martinez?
He was the Spanish governor of Cuba that initially supported Hernan Cortez, but later withdrew his support fearing a loss of power.
Who is Diego de Velazquez?
The first and only monarch of the short lived Mexican Empire of 1822-1823.
Who is Augustine de Iturbide?
As president of Mexico from 1884-1911, he worked to develop and modernize the Mexican economy, often with the help of the rich and foreigners.
Who is Porfirio Diaz?
He was president of Mexico when Texas rebelled in 1835.
Who is Antonio de Lopez de Santa Anna?