Assoc. Professor of Latino History, author of An American Language: The History of Spanish in the United States https://t.co/mP0jCIzS9m
Jul 1, 2019 • 13 tweets • 6 min read
A quick thread about the long use of the Spanish language in the politics of the U.S. Southwest, which includes some of the readily accessible documents I used to write my book. ucpress.edu/book/978052029… /1
When the U.S. took over what became the nation’s Southwest in 1848, it extended U.S. citizenship to the former Mexican citizens through Article IX of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. There was no requirement in the treaty to learn English. loc.gov/rr/hispanic/gh… /2
