Griswold del Castillo, Richard.  The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

 I.  Textual Questions. 

When did the Texas Rebellion take place?  What was the outcome of the rebellion?  When was Texas made part of the Union?  Why did the abolitionists not want Texas nor the war with Mexico?  Why did both the liberals (the Whigs, the Abolitionists) and the conservatives (Sam Houston) oppose the Treaty.  What started the war with Mexico?  What were the overt and the covert reasons for the war?  What do the Nueces River and the Río Bravo/Rio Grande have to do with the war?  What is Manifest Destiny?  Who coined the term “Manifest Destiny”? What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?  When was it signed?  What is the difference between the ratified version and the negotiated version of the Treaty?  What is Article IX?  What is Article X?  Why are Articles IX and X important?  What is the Protocol of Querétaro?  Why do you think it was not included in the ratified version of the Treaty?  What is the Foreign Miner’s Tax Law?  What is the Land Act of 1851?  What is the “No Fence Law”?  What effect do you think these laws had on the people protected by the Treaty?  What is the Board of Land Commissioners?  What mechanisms did it establish for proof of ownership?  What percentage of land claims were validated by the Board of Land Commissioners?   Why do you think the Treaty of GH is considered the first Civil Rights document for Chicanos?  How did Reies López Tijerina use the Treaty in his Crusade for Justice?  What is the relationship between the Plan Espiritual de Aztlán and the Treaty?  What is the significance of September 13 for Mexico?  What is the Gadsden Treaty?  What is El Chamizal?  When was gold discovered in California?  When was the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo signed? 

II.  Textual Conclusions.

 What is the overt relationship established by Griswold del Castillo between the Treaty and the Chicano Movement?  What role have Chicano/Latino Studies played in the interpretation of the Treaty?  What role has this class played in your understanding of the Treaty?  Did you know about it?  Please analyze Article IX and state its main points.  Please analyze Article X and list its main points.  What is the exact language omitted from Article IX?  Why was Article X not included in the ratified version?  What effects did the deletion of Article X have on the people of Mexican descent?  What is the relationship between “race” and citizenship?  How did the understanding of race in the 19^th century affect who was granted the rights of citizenship?  If you were an indigenous person in the 19^th century, right after the signing of the treaty, were you protected by the treaty?  What textual evidence can you find of your position in Griswold del Castillo? 

III.  Your Own Thoughts.

 Are you in agreement with Griswold del Castillo’s interpretation of the Treaty and its legacy?  Please make a list of the points you agree with, and the points you do not agree with.  Is there a possible feminist position to be taken on the interpretation of the Treaty?  What is the difference you see between Civil, Citizenship and Human Rights?  How do you think the Treaty addresses these issues?