Title: Hispanic History Milestones: Timeline - HISTORY
Headings: Hispanic History Milestones: Timeline
Hispanic History Milestones: Timeline
Contents
Early Spanish Explorers Reach America
Los Angeles Founded, First Hispanic Congressman Elected
Battle of the Alamo, Mexican-American War
Mexico Revolution Drives Immigration to US
Puerto Ricans Granted US Citizenship
First Hispanic Senator Sworn in
Contributions During World War II
Supreme Court Prohibits Segregation for Mexican-American Students
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Cesar Chavez Leads Delano Grape Strike
Mariel Boatlift
Multiple Firsts in White House Cabinets
NAFTA, Prop 187
Sonia Sotomayor Joints US Supreme Court
DAPA, DACA Rulings

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July 9, 1868
The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is adopted. Section 1 states that "all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside." READ MORE: How the 14th Amendment Made Corporations Into People
April 21, 1898
The U.S. declares war against Spain, with major campaigns fought in Cuba and the Philippines. The Spanish-American War, which ends December 10, 1898 with the Treaty of Paris, marks the end of Spain's colonial power, with the country granting Cuba independence and ceding Guam, Puerto Rico and the Phillipines to the United States. Hawaii is also annexed during the war. Mexico Revolution Drives Immigration to US
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U.S. Immigration officer talking to Mexican refugees at the American end of the International Bridge at El Paso, TX, June 26, 1916. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images
1910-1917
The long and violent Mexican Revolution causes a surge of Mexicans to cross the U.S. border, with El Paso, Texas, serving as "Mexican Ellis Island," according to the Library of Congress. The U.S. census finds Mexican immigrants to have tripled in population between 1910 and 1930, from 200,000 to 600,000.