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    Overview of the U.S. Immigration of Mexicans

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    In six pages this paper discusses changes and conflicts surrounding the influx of Mexican immigrants into California. Six sources are cited in the bibliography.

    Name of Research Paper File: LM1_TLCMexIm.rtf

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    away from being separated into two individual states. This did not happen, however, due in great part to the overwhelming influx of Anglos who cascaded throughout the state as  a direct result of gold rush fever and the implementation of the transcontinental railroad. Once the Anglo populations began to soar throughout the southern region, Mexicans had little left  to prevent a complete takeover. Bibliography lists 6 sources. TLCMexIm.rtf MEXICAN IMMIGRATION INTO UNITED STATES: CONFLICT, CULTURE AND CHANGING ROLES by   (c) November 2001 paper properly! I. INTRODUCTION The evolutionary development of Californias two  primary regions since the American conquest illustrates how a land once strong with indigenous solidarity would ultimately come to near division of boundary lines, all due in great part to  ethnic intolerance. As the Mexicans settled mostly to the south, the Anglos took up residence in the north, inevitably creating a demarcation that represented two entirely different populations -  at least for a while. The student will want to address the fact that cultural changes that occurred as a direct result of  Mexican immigration were both vast and far-reaching, with gender issues residing near the top of the list. Unlike their homeland counterparts, immigrant women donned a new sense of independence  apart from the typically oppressive patriarchal control to which they were accustomed. To say that Mexican immigrant women had to fight for their existence would be a gross understatement  and one that would also be staunchly supported by the likes of a more modern gender movement. Indeed, the road to female freedom and self-expression has been paved with 

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