The Chicano Movement reached its peak in the 1960s, demanding educational, suffrage, work, and land reform, but had roots that dated back to the Mexican-American War in 1868. This was when Mexicans suddenly became Mexican-Americans, or Chicanos, and were confronted, almost overnight, by a strong imposing culture that demanded assimilation, and demeaned them as a people. The movement was remarkable in that in covered so many different aspects of Chicano life, and brought about some real civil rights successes.
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