Students who complete this course will be expected to:

1. Recall the main events regarding the history of the people of
Hispanic/Latinx descent in the U.S., including the different
historical periods, critical conjunctures, and relevant 
individuals.
2. Identify the diverse national, social, ethnic, and gender 
aspects of the American people identified as Hispanic/Latinx. 
3. Apply the Hispanic/Latinx history into the preexisting 
knowledge of American history.  
4. Compare and contrast the historical experience of 
Hispanic/Latinx people in the U.S. with other minorities, such as
Native Americans, African Americans, and “Ethnic” Europeans, such
as the Irish and Italian Americans.
5. Demonstrate ability to think critically, elaborate evidence-
sustained arguments, and communicate them efficaciously in oral 
and written forms.

1. Spanish Conquest of Indigenous North America. Founding of 
Saint Augustine and Santa Fe.
2. The Southwest under Spanish Colonial Rule: Missions and 
Pueblos, Spanish Louisiana, and Florida.
3. The Southwest under Mexican Rule.
4. Texan Independence and the Mexican American War.
5. Hispanic Southwest under Anglo Rule: Resistance and 
Integration.
6. U.S. intervention in the Spanish Caribbean. The Hispanic
enclaves of “Spanish Harlem” and Tampa’s Ybor City.  
7. Mexican Immigration from the Mexican Revolution to the
Depression. 
8. Segregation and Civil Rights in the Southwest.
9. WWII, Bracero Program, and Operation Wet-Back. 
10. Chicano Rights and “Brown Power” in the 1960s.
11. Hispanic New York from WWII to the 1980s.
12. Cuban Immigration in the Making of Hispanic Miami.
13. Central American Civil War refugees and the “Sanctuary 
Movement.”
14. Last wave of Hispanic migration and anti-Hispanic backlash.
15. Nuevo South: Hispanics in Georgia and the Southeast.

Students who complete this course will be expected to:

1. Recall the main events regarding the history of the people of 
Hispanic/Latinx descent in the U.S., including the different 
historical periods, critical conjunctures, and relevant 
individuals.

2. Identify the diverse national, social, ethnic, and gender 
aspects of the American people identified as Hispanic/Latinx. 

3. Apply the Hispanic/Latinx history into the preexisting 
knowledge of American history.  

4. Compare and contrast the historical experience of 
Hispanic/Latinx people in the U.S. with other minorities, such 
as Native Americans, African Americans, and “Ethnic” Europeans, 
such as the Irish and Italian Americans.

5. Demonstrate ability to think critically, elaborate evidence-
sustained arguments, and communicate them efficaciously in oral 
and written forms.

Because this class is taught within the Honors program, there 
will be a special emphasis on the interpretation of primary 
documents, and the class will take advantage of the seminar 
format to discuss these documents at greater length.  Students 
will be expected to demonstrate their ability to analyze these 
documents in both the written assignments and in the exams.

1. Spanish Conquest of Indigenous North America.
2. The Southwest under Spanish Colonial Rule: Missions and 
Pueblos, Spanish Louisiana, and Florida.
3. The Southwest under Mexican Rule.
4. Texan Independence and the Mexican American War.
5. Hispanic Southwest under Anglo Rule: Resistance and 
Integration.
6. U.S. intervention in the Spanish Caribbean. The Hispanic 
enclaves of “Spanish Harlem” and Tampa’s Ybor City.  
7. Mexican Immigration from the Mexican Revolution to the 
Depression. 
8. Segregation and Civil Rights in the Southwest.
9. WWII, Bracero Program, and Operation Wet-Back. 
10. Chicano Rights and “Brown Power” in the 1960s.
11. Hispanic New York from WWII to the 1980s.
12. Cuban Immigration in the Making of Hispanic Miami.
13. Central American Civil War refugees and the “Sanctuary 
Movement.”
14. Last wave of Hispanic migration and anti-Hispanic backlash.
15. Nuevo South: Hispanics in Georgia and the Southeast.