CH ST 1A Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Racialization, South Texas, Mexican Central Railway
Document Summary
Send email by thursday november 2 on oral history project. Bring question for norma cantu and turn it into t. a. The united states acquired puerto rico as a victory in the spanish-american war. Mexican revolution of 1910, us sends military led by pershing into mexico. Southwest becomes feeder region in terms of agriculture. Also feeder region for metals such as copper and lead. Needed cheap labor to work fields in ca and mines in az and the railroad system. Rockefeller & carnegie era / captains of industry. Importation of chinese workers to build transcontinental railroad. 1882 congress passed chinese exclusion law, eliminates/reduces immigration from china. Racist basis, they thought they were wrong kind of race and culture. American industries in southwest began to encourage mexicans to work in the us for railroad, mining, and agribusiness. El paso is like nyc for european immigrants or sf for asian immigrants. Very few immigration laws: can"t come if injured or practiced polygamy.
