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This 5 page paper discusses four Hispanic groups in the United States: Mexicans, Dominicans, Puerto Ricans and Cubans. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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are very diverse groups within those larger classifications. This paper considers some of the conventions of four distinct Hispanic groups living in the United States: Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans and
Dominicans. Discussion We begin with Mexican-Americans and their culture. The history of immigration from Mexico to the U.S. is a long one, one which most Americans dont know or have
forgotten. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, signed in 1848, ended the Mexican-American War; it also transferred 890,000 square miles of Mexican territory to the United States (Englekirk and Marin, 2008).
Six years later, the United States bought another 30,000 square miles to build a railroad (Englekirk and Marin, 2008). When the treaty was signed, approximately 80,000 Mexicans lived in the
territory that was ceded to the U.S., mostly in California and New Mexico (Englekirk and Marin, 2008). Only 2,000 or so returned to Mexico; those who remained in the territory
given to the U.S. were "guaranteed citizenship after two years, along with other privileges and responsibilities related to this status" (Englekirk and Marin, 2008). This means that Mexican immigrants have
a very special relationship with the United States dating back to 1848. In 1990, according to the census, there were approximately 12 million Mexicans living in the United States comprising
61.2% of all Hispanics in the country, by far the largest population segment (Englekirk and Marin, 2008). They settled largely in California and Texas, with sizable populations located in Illinois,
Arizona, New Mexico, Florida, Washington and Colorado (Englekirk and Marin, 2008). Englekirk and Marin note that most immigrants try to retain at least part of their culture, but that over
time they begin to lose their language and heritage (2008). This is not true of the Mexicans: they retain their language (Spanish) and they also retain their culture, since each
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