Workforce Diversity

Summer 2002

Study Guide

Chapter 7. Foreigners in Their Native Land: Manifest Destiny in the Southwest

Use the reverse side for chapter summary notes.

Summarize the expansion into Mexico

Describe the Irish in the U.S. Army

What was the Bear Flag Republic?

Describe settlers in California.

How were “foreigners” first received? How were they later received?

What were the “civilized” and “savage” stereotypes?

What was the Mexican-American War about? How did it begin? Then what happened?

What is Manifest Destiny? What does it mean?

What was the Mexican view of what was happening?

What was the American view of what was happening?

Describe the tax system.

How did the caste labor system work?

Describe the associations that helped Mexicans. What were they called and how did they operate?