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On this day, Americans declare independence from Great Britain. For this reason, it is also known as "Independence Day" and it celebrated annually as a national holiday.
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Mexican Independence Day El Grito de la Independencia refers to the "cry of independence" which began the Mexican war for independence. This is also celebrated annually as a Mexican holiday.
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PBS Timeline of Mexican American War Consequences of the War: US gained territories of Alta California and New Mexico in exhange for $15 million. They also won Texas, thus defining the US/Mexico border as the Rio Grande. Mexico also paid around $3.25 in war debts.
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PBS War's End The signing of this treaty ended the Mexican American War. It also called for the US to pay over $15 million to Mexico; however, the US gained the boundary for Texas, ownership of California, and a large area comprising New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and parts of Wyoming and Colorado
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Gadsden Purchase The US purchase of lands South of the Gila River and West of the Rio Grande from Mexico in order to build a transcontinental railroad.
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Road to Arizona Statehood Arizona become the 48th state.
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Plan of San Diego Plan to start a race war to overthrow the US government in locations that has previously been under Mexican control, including California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.
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Bisbee Deportation The Illegal deportation of 1300 mine workers.
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Immigration Act of 1924 Sometimes referred to as the Quota Act, this served to limit the number of immigrants that could enter the country to 2% of the number already in the country.
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LULAC A group which aimed to combat the discrimination that Hispanics faced in the US.
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Smithsonian Exhibition Bracero Program The Bracero Program began with a shortage of manual labor during World War 2, which Roosevelt filled with Mexican laborers. During the time of this program the US and Mexico acted more diplomatically towards one another.
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McCarran-Walter Act This act restricted immigration into the US.
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Voting Rights Act of 1965 This act prohibits states from imposing voter qualifications or prerequisites. This particularly applied to states denying bilingual ballots.
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Hart-Cellar Act Abolished the national origins quota system.
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1990 Immigration Act *Increased limits on legal immigrayion to the US
*Revised grounds for deportation and inclusion
*Authorized temporary protected status to aliens of certain countries
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2005 Immigration Acts Ultimately, did not pass senate but was a catalyst for later reform acts.
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S. 2611 Proposed the following:
*Increase security along southern border states
*Allow long-term illegal immigrants to gain legal status
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Arizona Enacts Stringent Law on Immigration Particularly controversial anti illegal immigartion measure due to its encouragement of racial profiling.
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His Speech Most recently, President Obama made a speech in Las Vegas about his ideas for immigration reform, including a modified version of the DREAM act.
