This document discusses the history of the Mexican population in the American Southwest from the mid-1800s. It describes how Mexicans living in California during the Gold Rush became wealthy but were later outnumbered by 1880. In Texas, Mexicans populated areas like San Antonio and the Rio Grande Valley, though Anglos were slow to move there initially. The document also outlines that Arizona and New Mexico were dominated by Mexican citizens until the end of the Civil War brought more Anglo settlers and the railroad increased immigration from Mexico in the late 1800s.

1. MexicanosPart 1By:Ysabel Medina

2. Ch. 4 The American Southwest

3. CaliforniaGold Rush1848“Greasers”=Mexicans who became rich due to old miningLand Act of 1851By 1880 only a 1/5 of the population was Mexican

4. TexasTejano regional population

5. San Antonio

6. El Paso