Mexican Americans in World War I, 1914-1918
Allied Powers
Central Powers
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The Spark
Treaties and Alliances
domino effect
U.S. Neutrality
U.S. Public Opinion
Lusitania, 1915
Zimmerman Note, 1917
Backlash/Effects
Economic Ties
U.S. Bankers – The Trio
JP Morgan, James Baker, Charles Stillman
US Involvement
Latino troops
Cubans, Puerto Ricans, Caribbean Latinos, even some Central Americans
American Forces
Treaty of Versailles, 1918
U.S.
Unexpected Outcomes:
Bolshevik Revolution
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Vladimir Lennon
Bolshevik Victory
Communism
Affects the Bolshevik Revolution
Red Scare / Cold War
U.S. Post-War
Mexican Americans & WWI At Home:
Economy
Factory Jobs
Migration
Great Brown Migration
Great Black Migration
Chicago, Detroit, New York City, Boston,
Immigration
Labor Movement
Demands
Strikes
Returning Soldiers
Politics
19th Amendment
Suffrage Movement
Progressive Ear
Mexican American Women
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Poll Tax
Literacy Tests
Property Qualifications
Communism
Attorney General Mitchell Palmer
Palmer Raids
Mexican American Vigilante Raids
German-Americans
Anti-German Hysteria
Catholic
Musica Tejana (Tejano)
Espionage & Sedition Act
Partido Liberal Mexicano
Ricardo Flores Magon
Father of Chicanismo
Chicano
Radicalized
El Plan de San Diego
Basilio Ramos
Consequences
Mexican-Texan Revolt
Sexualized War
Racialized War
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Response
Texas Rangers / Los Rinches
War of Extermination
With a License to Kill
Shoot First Ask Questions Later
Origins of the Rangers
Reputation
One Range One Riot
Race War/Conflict
Ranger Chapa
Ranger Diaz
Ranger Hinojosa
Legislative & Congressional Investigations
Jovita Idar
Muckraker
Jose T. Canales
Formation of Civil Rights Organizations
Congresso Mexicanista
Order of Sons of America, 1920
Agrupacion Protectora Mexicana, 1921
LULAC, 1929
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