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| The 1930's program of deporting Mexicans |
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| Contracted Mexican laborers brought to the United States during World War |
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| "Wetbacks"; Mexicans who enter illegally supposedly by swimming the Rio Grande. |
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| Literally meaning "the people," the term refers to the rich heritage of Mexican; it is therefore used to denote a sense of pride among Mexican Americans today Americans it is |
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| A way of life that involves no future planning, no enduring commitment to marriage, and no work ethic; culture follows the poor even when they move out of the slums or the barrio. |
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| An ideology emphasizing pride and positive identity among Mexican Americans |
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| Puerto Ricans who return to the island to settle after living on the U. S. mainland. (also called Nuyoricans). |
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| Conferring of citizenship on a person after birth |
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| The placement of people on a continuum from light to dark skin color rather than in distinct racial groupings by skin color. |
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| A view of the global economic system as divided between nations that control wealth and those that provide natural resources and labor |
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| The proactive of placing students in specific curriculum groups on the basis of test scores and other criteria |
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| Pride and closeness in the family that result in placing family obligation and loyalty before individual needs. |
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| People's opportunities to provide themselves with material goods, positive living conditions, and favorable life experiences. |
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| Families in which one or more members are citizens and one or more are non-citizens. |
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| A religion similar in many respects to evangelical faiths that believes in the infusion of the Holy Spirit into services and in religious experiences such as faith healing |
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| Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo |
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| Large number of Mexicans became aliens in the United States without ever crossing the boarder. |
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