Mexico

Mexico

Jade, Kerry, Nicole

How did the migration of Mexicans, from Mexico to Chicago, affect their every day lives?

Economic Development

• Wealth
• Safety
• Creation of barrios and ethnic enclaves
• Health insurance

Reason(s) for Migrating to the U.S.

• Discovery of gold and copper
• Increased need for farmworkers and agriculture
• Mexican Revolution of 1910 and its violent aftermath led more Mexicans to emigrate to the U.S.

Reason(s) for Migrating to Chicago

• Expansion of railroads
• Enlisted in the service
• Steel
• Meatpacking
• Climate

Political Tensions

• Job competition
• Police violence and arrests
• Chicano movement (1940s)
• Farm worker's movement (1960s)
• Maquiladora (1960s)
• Border Patrol and the Secure Fence Act
• Illegal "aliens"

Change(s) in Gender Roles

Men

Women

• Men remained head of the household

• Women were given more opportunities
• Women were able to work

History

"I didn’t cross the border, the border crossed me.”

Education

• No education prior to migrating
• No desire to acquire an education
• Chicano Movement
• Discrimination
• Accepted into college but not able to go

Gender Roles

Men

• Men were the head of household
• Men provided financial support

Women

• Few opportunities for women outside the home
• Women are to obey their husband and taking care for the home and children

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