Anglo American Conquest, 1830s-1910s.

Anglo American Conquest, 1830s-1910s.
With the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the Mexican-American War was over. The states of “California,” most of “Arizona,” “Nevada,” “Utah,” and parts of Wyoming and Colorado were annexed along with other lands. The aftermath of the war brought about a vote in the U.S Senate to ratify the land acquisition, and it was passed after a win of 38-14 for the motion. This abrupt change had drastic effects on the native Mexicans, 90% of whom chose to remain. It is widely acknowledged that the Mexicans who decided to join the U.S.A had extremely adverse effects. (Truett160-178)
After the revolution, the Mexican government enhanced individuals from the United States to settle in their country. The factions that migrated to Mexico comprised of diligent farmers and ranchers who prompted the possibilities of development. The government issued land to those who had a knowledge of Spanish and native languages. Those who married Mexican women and came from the United States were no exception because they too acquired land and deluxe opportunities such as being granted Mexican citizenship.
The strategies were meant to establish development schemes by attracting productive settlers. During the early1930s the number of Anglo-Americans outnumbered that of Mexicans. In some parts of Texas, Interaction and exchange of culture became a norm among the two parties while in other regions especially in the east Anglo-Americans refused assimilation of culture and restricted others to learn aspects of the Mexican way of life.

Despite that, intermarriage between settlers and natives became a norm with the sole purpose of acquiring land. (Hernández 410-447)
Eventually, in 1936 the revolution of Texas which marked the success of bringing the region into the United States insinuated a conflict that resulted in a war in 1946. In the year 1948, America emerged victorious and alienated native Mexicans from the territory in the Northwest. Initially, individuals in the territory did not care if they were under the reign of American or Mexican governance. Later on, people from the Hispanic origins started realising that the settlers were looking down them. The state of affairs motivated resistance and terror attacks conducted by the Mexicans. The military power of the United States overwhelmed them because it was very powerful.
From a general perspective, settlers had very low regards for Hispanic people, and in the course of the conflict they became hostile and grabbed land from them. Affluent families in New Mexico embraced the Anglo-American culture. Hence they were able to acquire land and blend inappropriately while others from lower classes were presented and isolated. In the southwest, change of livelihood, loss of land and political decline led to isolation and resentment among individuals from the two groups. By the year 1850, aggression between the two parties resulted in a racial war. At the end of 1860, the lands taken away from the natives began to prosper while they suffered in isolation. The Mexicans dwelled in poverty while Anglo-Americans became dominant over the other communities who were eventually rendered a minority group.
(Acuña 171)
Circumstances motivated most natives to improvise. Hence they decided to blend in and become part of the dominant Anglo-American culture. They either assimilated the whole culture or intermarried with a white individual. Apparently, the radicalization of the Mexican American population took place across the southwest of the United States. They got endowed with citizenship and political rights.
Despite the benefits, Mexicans, and other minorities were still looked down upon. The social setting separated the groups through strategic structures. Other factors that enhanced cultural heritage and enrichment such as intermarriages began fading away. The situation consistently occurred so until after the World War 2. After the war, Mexicans got involved in development activities, for example, building railway lines and in the process traveled across the country and participating in other endeavours such as agriculture. Asian immigration came to a halt after an agreement between China and Japan meaning that the United States was dependent on abundant labour from Mexicans a task force that was hardworking and willing to earn minimum wages. (Chang 678-701)
By the year 1910, Mexicans accounted for half the population of Texas. Most of them were working hard to make ends meet and also support their families back home. Migration of natives from Mexico into the United States in pursuit of green pastures became rampant since they had prospects of generating income and in due course return to their homelands. Some fulfilled their dreams while others stayed behind and instead indulged in tasks that created minimum wages.
In conclusion, Anglo-Americans were glad of the tremendous number of Mexicans migrating to the United States because they provided cheap labour that boosted economic growth. They had a notion that as a long as the natives returned home all was well. Apparently, for Mexicans going back home was difficult because the new leader President Porfirio Diaz had implemented new policies that favoured wealthy individuals who took control of all productive lands. The immigrants, on the other hand, lacked enough funds out of savings to purchase land and settle in their homelands.
References
Acuña, Rodolfo. “Occupied America.” The Latino/a Condition: A Critical Reader (1998): 171.
Chang, Kornel. “Circulating race and Empire: Transnational labour activism and the politics of anti-Asian agitation in the Anglo-American Pacific world, 1880–1910.” “American History Journal 96.3” (2009): 678-701.
Hernández, Kelly Lytle. “Hobos in Heaven.” Pacific Historical Review 83.3 (2014): 410-447.
Truett, Samuel. “Neighbors by Nature: Rethinking Region, Nation, and Environmental History in the US-Mexico Borderlands.” Environmental History 2.2 (1997): 160-178.