Chicano/a Studies
A Mexican-American with a defiant political attitude that centers on their right to self-definition and self-determination.
A Chicano/a/e!
This is settler colonialism's best friend.
white supremacy (white supremacist ideology).
This law required Mexican landowners to submit proof of land ownership to the new formed Public Land Commission
1851 California Land Act
This horrific act was committed as a form of frontier justice by vigilantes who had no authority under the law.
Lynching.
British Empire.
When you identify someone with these terms, you still won't know their specific race or color.
"Latino" and "Hispanic"
The name of the ancestral land for Chicanos/Mexicans.
MesoAmerica
Said to be destined by God, allowed for settler colonialism, racial prejudice, and genocide.
Manifest Destiny
In 1850, this racist law was used against non-white miners to tax them $20/month to mine.
Foreign Miners Tax Act
The bounty on famous Mexican outlaw driven to revenge after his family was killed, Joaquin Murrieta, was to bring him back _______ or _______.
Dead or Alive.
He was a professional boxer who wrote the poem "Yo Soy Joaquin" in 1967.
Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales
It sounds like something out of Star Wars, but was a new independent nation in 1821.
First Mexican Empire
Greed and racial superiority led to this "misunderstanding" that started the US-Mexico War.
The disputed border between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande River. (Which was a violation by the US settlers of the 1831 Treaty of Limits)
These articles of the Treaty of Guadalupe were used to control the fate of Mexican's citizenship after the war.
Articles VIII and IX.
The battle between Mexicans and Texians/Tejanos was called this.
Texas Revolution (1835-1836)
Changing letters brings more inclusivity for those who do not identify with the gender binary (non-binary, transgender, genderqueer folks).
Latinx/e
Chicanx/e
These are the 3 main research practices in the field of Indigenous Studies.
Testimonies (Oral Histories), Critical Theory, and Anthropological Studies
The rules of the Texas Resettlement Program (had to be followed for Anglo settlers to immigrate and live in Mexico's territory of Texas)
Pledge allegiance to Mexico
Not practice slavery
Live in the new territory for 10 years
Convert to Catholicism
This racist term was used for Mexicans who had the job of greasing animal hides or the wheels of a car.
Greasers.
The US did not want this lone star because they were a slave state.
Texas
This was when and why Chicano/a/e Studies started, in the grassy, cloudy hills of San Francisco State University.
In the late 1960s and early 70s, as a direct result of a student protest movement at SFSU to demand a more relevant education and fight against systemic discrimination
Spoken by the Pope (Alexander VI), inspired a US Doctrine, and used to steal Native American land in 1493.
Doctrine of Discovery
The 8th President of the United Mexican States and leader of the Battle of the Alamo.
Antonio López de Santa Anna
This was used to promote white supremacy in the Spanish Borderlands (US Southwest), it is designed to keep people of color in an inferior position by prioritizing lightness and Europeanization.
The year that marks the first time people were sold as property in the US.
1619