Essays on Mexican American

Espinoza et al. (2013) explored how positive and negative friendships influence Mexican-American students’ school adjustment. The purpose of this study was to test whether students’ friend associations (negative and positive) would affect school adjustment. This study was conducted with 412 Mexican adolescents between the ages...

Due to cultural views and strict religious beliefs many young Mexican American women in the Coachella Valley are often discouraged from choosing a major that would take too much time away from future family obligations. Therefore, they are encouraged to stick to traditional stereotypical careers....

Mexican Americans since 1975 have been going through difficult circumstances involving their heritage. As the years go on from the past, understanding how Mexican Americans triumphed as they struggled to work their way through the political, economic, and social issues within the society to where...

The Mexican American war was a time in the 1840s when Mexico had just won independence from Spain, and America was a new and growing country having gotten independence from Britain about a century before. Both countries (especially the United States) were growing and needed...

Reies Tijerina Lopez positively showcased his leadership to that impacted the Mexican-American community through his message, methods usage, and political influence. Reies was an activist who led a struggle in the 1960s and 1970s to restore New Mexican land grants to the descendants of their...

As a Mexican American I have a deep history and culture whether it be United States history and culture or the focus of this paper my Mexican history and culture. This testimony is about the how the modules assigned during my Intro to Mexican American...

The Mexican-American War is a military conflict between the United States and Mexico in 1846-1848. In Mexico, the war is called as the North American intervention or the War of 47. In the Uited States, it is known as the Mexican war. The Mexican-American War...

Due to cultural views and strict religious beliefs many young Mexican American women in the Coachella Valley are often discouraged from choosing a major that would take too much time away from future family obligations. Therefore, they are encouraged to stick to traditional stereotypical careers....

There were many political, economic, and social changes for Mexican American people during the World War II era that lasted from 1939 to 1945. Without doubt this was a worldwide issue. However, World War II was an opportunity for many Mexican Americans to assimilate being...

The Mexican Americans are Americans with full or partial Mexicans decent. They comprise of 11.5% of the united states population. Past history shows Mexicans have continuous been discriminated in many social issues. One of the social issues is education whereby they experience a poor integrated...