Historical Events
This ancient Mayan citadel located in the rainforests of northern Guatemala is renowned for its impressive pyramids and temples, including the Temple of the Grand Jaguar and the Temple IV, which is the tallest pre-Columbian structure in the Americas.
Tikal
The Spanish conquistador was responsible for the fall of the Incan Empire.
Francisco Pizarro
He was the last Governor of California under Mexican rule.
Pio Pico
He was the last Inca Emperor.
Atahualpa
This river serves as the border between the U.S. state of Texas and the northern Mexican states of Chihuahua and Coahuila.
The Rio Grande
Known as the "Land of Volcanoes", this Central American country endured a 12-year civil war between the military-led government and leftist guerrilla groups, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths.
El Salvador
He co-founded the United Farm Workers with Dolores Huerta.
Cesar Chavez
They are Latinos of mixed indigenous-European ancestry.
Mestizo
A series Spanish, Catholic-led locations established in the Americas to convert native populations.
The Missions
He was the first president of African descent in Latin America.
Vicente Guerrero
Activist Salvadorean priest assassinated in 1980.
Oscar Romero
Chicano leader who began the Crusade for Justice and the Chicano Latino Youth Conference
“Corky” Gonzales
(also accept Rodolfo Gonzales)
Florishing from around 1500 to 400 BCE, this civilization are considered Mexico's "Mother Culture"
The Olmec
Colloquially known as "El Libertador," he led the Independence movement from Spain
in South America.
Simon Bolivar
This Peruvian revolutionary led the Inca revolt against the Spanish Empire in the 1780s.
Tupac Amaru II.
This program allowed millions of Mexican
workers into the U.S. on temporary agricultural work contracts from 1942-1964.
Bracero Program
These were known as East L.A. student walkouts that protested for education reform in 1968.
Blowouts
This indigenous civilization built the ancient
cities of Chichen Itza and Palenque.
Maya
Once considered derogatory, this reclaimed label representing Mexican American communities throughout the southwest became a symbol of pride during El Movimiento of the1960s.
Chicano
The first country in Latin America to gain its independence in 1804.
Haiti
This act granted U.S. citizenship to Puerto Ricans in 1917.
and
This treaty ended the Mexican-American War in 1848.
Jones Act
OR Jones-Shafroth Act
and
Guadalupe Hidalgo
The mythical homeland of the Mexica.
and
The inspiration of an agrarian movement named after him, this leading figure in the Mexican Revolution championed the slogan "Tierra y Libertad" and became a symbol of social justice and resistance against oppression.
Aztlan
and
Emiliano Zapata
This colonial city was founded in 1781 by "Los Pobladores," a small group of settlers Native American, African, and Spanish descent.
and
This Cuban-born athlete became the first Latin American to play professional baseball in the US in 1902.
Los Angeles
and
Luis Miguel Castro
OR Lou Castro
This 2012 immigration program allowed undocumented youth to stay in the U.S. as workers and provided a path to citizenship.
and
This 1931 landmark case was the first successful school desegregation court decision in the U.S.
DACA
and
Alvarez vs. the Lemon
Grove School District
OR "The Lemon Grove Incident"
This 1947 court case in Orange County, CA challenged school segregation in California was a precursor to Brown v. Board of Education.
Mendez v. Westminster