was big and required large capital investments.D. Ending the Frontier- After the Civil War, machine politics became popular in Arizona. The Federal Ring, centered in Tucson. The ring brought limited prosperity, and by the 1870s, Tucson as well as the rest of Arizona culturally became Anglo.E. The Industrializing of Arizona- With the arrival of the railroad, opportunity for upward mobility became more restricted, and as Arizona became more industrialized, many small Mexican businesses could not compete. Racism toward Mexicans increased with the end of the Apache threat. Mexicans more frequently became scapegoats for societal problems.F. Nativism and La Liga Protectora Latina- At the state constitutional convention in Phoenix on October 10,1910, Labor organizers demanded the limitation of aliens because, according to them, alien labor offered unfavorable competition, drove wages down, and stiffed union organization. At the convention labor leaders introduced resolution to exclude non-English speaking persons from mine working jobs forcing mines to employ 80% U.S. citizens.5 California Lost: America for Anglo-AmericansA. The Conquest- In 1821 California became part of the Mexican republic. Mexico trades and immigration polices, and thereafter the number of foreigners entering the province increased. During the first years the mission principally benefited from the new trade. Rancho system was contributed to the growthB. The Occupation- The occupation relied almost on the marketplace and the transaction of capital. Before the conquest the California economy had just begun to enter the international marketplace.C. The Changing of Elites- Capitulation at Monterey exposed Mexican workers to higher levels of Exploitation. The lower class mestizes and mulattoes joined the Indians in this labor pool. In the northern part of the state, the gold rush made them instant minorities. While in the southern part they remained the majority for the next 20...
