US-Mexico Border 🇺🇸🇲🇽 History you should know

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  • The border between the United States and Mexico is an incredibly contentious subject. It is an unending controversy. But learning some history may alleviate that issue, at least a modicum. Our two countries are connected, but separate. There has never been an all-encompassing nor correct perspective on the matter. For most of its existence, tension and cohesion has defined relations, governance, and culture along this imaginary boundary. It bled in both directions, not only through violence, but through interconnection. The history of the US-Mexico border is a long and winding one, much like the border itself. The line that separates America from Mexico has seen filibusters, wars, unity, freedom, restriction, militarization, smuggling, stealing, sneaking, barrier building, cultural solidarity, cooperation, deportation, and refuge. It’s up to the politicians of both sides to decide which of those things they want to emphasize in the future. The border remains a contentious issue, but in order to propose how to solve it, one must first know the history imbued in it. No decision is without context.
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    Bibliography
    Ernesto Castañeda, Building Walls: Excluding Latin People in the United States (Lanham, Mar.: Lexington Books, 2019). amzn.to/4ajF2n1
    Linda B. Hall and Don M. Coerver, Revolution on the Border: The United States and Mexico, 1910-1920 (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1988). amzn.to/3yotKAl
    Joseph Hall-Patton, "Great Excitement: Violent Incorporations of the American Southwest," dissertation, University of New Mexico, 2023. digitalrepository.unm.edu/his...
    Alan Knight, US-Mexican Relations, 1910-1940: An Interpretation (San Diego, Cal.: Center for US-Mexican Studies, 1987).
    Rachel St. John, Line in the Sand: A History of the Western US-Mexico Border (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2011). amzn.to/3O0TjLj
    These Ragged Edges: Histories of Violence along the US-Mexico Border, edited by Andrew J. Torget and Gerardo Gurza-Lavalle (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2022). amzn.to/4bvIxaT
    Samuel Truett, Fugitive Landscapes: The Forgotten History of the US-Mexico Borderlands (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2006). amzn.to/3JVpnzg
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  • @CynicalHistorian
    @CynicalHistorian  Місяць тому +28

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    *Bibliography*
    Ernesto Castañeda, Building Walls: Excluding Latin People in the United States (Lanham, Mar.: Lexington Books, 2019). amzn.to/4ajF2n1
    Linda B. Hall and Don M. Coerver, Revolution on the Border: The United States and Mexico, 1910-1920 (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1988). amzn.to/3yotKAl
    Joseph Hall-Patton, "Great Excitement: Violent Incorporations of the American Southwest," dissertation, University of New Mexico, 2023. digitalrepository.unm.edu/hist_etds/341/
    Alan Knight, US-Mexican Relations, 1910-1940: An Interpretation (San Diego, Cal.: Center for US-Mexican Studies, 1987).
    Rachel St. John, Line in the Sand: A History of the Western US-Mexico Border (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2011). amzn.to/3O0TjLj
    These Ragged Edges: Histories of Violence along the US-Mexico Border, edited by Andrew J. Torget and Gerardo Gurza-Lavalle (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2022). amzn.to/4bvIxaT
    Samuel Truett, Fugitive Landscapes: The Forgotten History of the US-Mexico Borderlands (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2006). amzn.to/3JVpnzg

    • @gorillaguerillaDK
      @gorillaguerillaDK 28 днів тому +1

      I was wondering if we could get your views on the new movie by Viggo Mortensen, The Dead Don’t Hurt?
      It’s a Western, but Viggo Mortensen says he’s trying to take a more nuanced and historically accurate approach to the genre - and instead of focusing the story on the man when he rides of to war, he’s focusing on the wife who’s left behind…
      Aside from being an interesting story, I’m curious to what you think about the historical aspects of the movie, and if he achieved his goal!?
      By his own account, it’s not intended as criticism of modern day America, but given both the political climate and the history of USA, there’s undoubtedly aspects where it’s easy to draw comparisons…
      In the movie, he plays the husband, a Danish immigrant and veteran of the First Schleswig War/the Three Year War/the war of 1848 between Denmark and Germany, who fall in love with and marries a French woman played by Vicky Krieps.
      They go to live in a small town, Elk Flats, in southern Nevada, (which I believe, apropos to this video, used to be a part of Mexico very close up to the point in time where the story starts), but when the Civil War breaks out, the husband feels an obligation to go to war once again - but this also means that the wife, as the central character in the story, is now left to fend for herself!

    • @lukaslambs5780
      @lukaslambs5780 27 днів тому +1

      @@gorillaguerillaDKas a loyal citizen of Gondor I feel like I have a responsibility to watch this film.

  • @angusmacdonald7187
    @angusmacdonald7187 29 днів тому +114

    My wife's family came out of Oaxaca. During visits in the 70s and 80s she still saw billboards and handbills from American agricorps and slaughterhouses promising jobs to those who could just get over the border. So while the US was publicly talking about closing the border, the corporations were continuing to incentivize movement to the north.

    • @merryfergie
      @merryfergie 29 днів тому

      Yes, i agree.
      I have always resented the us citizens for hating mexican illegals
      When us citizens,
      looking like farmers,
      give jobs to Mexicans.
      I have always felt that if the usa governing forces wanted to eliminate Mexican illegal workers,
      Then the force should be on the few farmers who employ them.
      The math formula works better.

    • @angusmacdonald7187
      @angusmacdonald7187 25 днів тому +9

      @@Bigfatfrog83 I cannot even begin to say just how deeply offensive this remark is.

    • @8xottox8
      @8xottox8 23 дні тому +7

      ​@@Bigfatfrog83 Hey didn't you know you right wingers were supposed to love Jews now in support of Israel?

    • @TheMysteryDriver
      @TheMysteryDriver 23 дні тому +2

      @@8xottox8anti semis are on the side of the left. Haven't you been paying attention?

    • @8xottox8
      @8xottox8 23 дні тому

      @@TheMysteryDriver Last I heard leftism was a Jewish Bolshevist plot. I guess I forgot to check FOX news for what my opinion was supposed to be today.

  • @inferno0020
    @inferno0020 29 днів тому +173

    So many people talked about the US-Mexican border, but so few people want to talk about the financial relation between both sides of the border.

    • @TheGahta
      @TheGahta 29 днів тому +12

      Go on, unless you want to keep it at alluding to something

    • @just_a_turtle_chad
      @just_a_turtle_chad 29 днів тому +4

      A wall would not affect the financial relation between both sides

    • @SupermonkeyPlaysMC
      @SupermonkeyPlaysMC 29 днів тому +16

      In conversation about the border; I’ll take it all the way back to the Mexican American war and work my way up.
      By the time I arrive at the Braceto programs in the 1940’s and the forced sterilizations ect; the point I’m trying to made comes across.

    • @SupermonkeyPlaysMC
      @SupermonkeyPlaysMC 29 днів тому +9

      @@just_a_turtle_chad who’s to say?
      any certainty about the matter is just speculation.

    • @TheGahta
      @TheGahta 29 днів тому +3

      @@SupermonkeyPlaysMC naw, financial connections are made Digital, where a physical wall dont really helps

  • @phoenixshadow6633
    @phoenixshadow6633 29 днів тому +156

    My history professor back when he was a TA had a big bottle of beer when grading papers about this topic. He claimed that every time someone spelled Santa Anna as "Santana" that he would take a shot.

    • @Elix10
      @Elix10 29 днів тому +17

      Im sorry for your loss

    • @georgenelson8917
      @georgenelson8917 29 днів тому +4

      No, the Callahan invasion in 1850s had nothing to do with Indians , they were after run away slaves and loot . Please look this up

    • @boardcertifiable
      @boardcertifiable 29 днів тому +3

      The singer?

    • @dragonx889
      @dragonx889 29 днів тому +7

      Santana the Famous Rock legend?

    • @CynicalHistorian
      @CynicalHistorian  29 днів тому +18

      I have a video making fun of that, hilariously enough: ua-cam.com/video/BNdtggu9D-M/v-deo.html

  • @nebulan
    @nebulan 29 днів тому +65

    "No touching zone" there was in fact a lot of touching

    • @ResponseChecker
      @ResponseChecker 25 днів тому

      Your get an A+ on your comment. You know, for understanding comedy.
      -Checked

  • @CatNibbles
    @CatNibbles 29 днів тому +18

    I've always had a deep disdain for a large part of Texas lone start pride because a lot of their history just shows that when they weren't being assholes to Mexico, they were failing to be independent in any way. Thanks for the large part of that coverage.

    • @evials9123
      @evials9123 28 днів тому +3

      Bruh it’s not that deep. Mexico also failed when they became independent from Spain, and they continue to fail to this day. That doesn’t mean the country shouldn’t be proud of itself/history

    • @CatNibbles
      @CatNibbles 27 днів тому +11

      @@evials9123 you clearly didn't watch the video or know anything about the history of Mexico. Please try again later when you're not so ineptly informed.

    • @evials9123
      @evials9123 27 днів тому +2

      ⁠@@CatNibbles Texas was already beginning to surpass the Mexican economy even before it joined the US. Texans have a lot to be proud of considering they were able to fend off what was the largest Army in North America at the time. To this day they send more money to the federal government than they get back and arguably already operate somewhat independently from the us government. They would do very well as their own country. I suspect you’re a northerner with a weird hatred of southerns.

    • @CatNibbles
      @CatNibbles 27 днів тому +6

      @@evials9123 again you're wrong, stop responding.

    • @evials9123
      @evials9123 27 днів тому +4

      @CatNibbles No I don’t think I will :) Simply saying “no, you’re wrong” isn’t an argument. Come back when you actually have something to say

  • @deluxe5324
    @deluxe5324 23 дні тому +11

    As a Mexican from Monterrey, NL I would like to thank you for talking about this subject, since most people in politics don't talk about it how they should and just focus on the migration problem.

  • @eeleye4
    @eeleye4 28 днів тому +28

    Tell me about it…as an American of Mexican descent with Yaqui Native American and Spanish DNA, the story of the border is the story of me. I’ve done genetic testing and as far as I can see my family has always been in the Sonoran desert/Sierra Nevada region.

  • @LoneWolf-pd9sx
    @LoneWolf-pd9sx 29 днів тому +48

    I do want to note that the Mexican American War was also a contributor over the discussion of slavery since New England abolitionists were against the war and saw it as just a way to expand the institution of slavery where as for slave owners, it was considered a war to stop the mixed Mexican tyrants from ruling over the Anglo-Americans. It also contributed to why the USA didn't annex the other rebellious states.

  • @BIGBOPPER41
    @BIGBOPPER41 29 днів тому +18

    A quick book suggestion is Bad Mexicans by Kelly Hernandez. Much of what's covered here in the late 19th into the early 20th century is covered in extensive detail, alongside some interesting pieces of networking with Socialists and Anarchists leading up to the Mexican Revolution.

  • @pjny21
    @pjny21 29 днів тому +24

    Slight correction from immigration attorney: DACA only protects some students or HS grads, depending on age when the program started, but not their parents. An attempt to extend the program, as you stated, did fail. It granted work permits and some ability to travel with permission, but no legal status.

    • @kimgibson2368
      @kimgibson2368 18 днів тому

      Daca shouldn't have been protected....period!!

  • @minombreesminombre4878
    @minombreesminombre4878 28 днів тому +10

    Thanks for this rich and important history. As a native Texan growing up in (central) Texas, I took 2 whole years of Texas history in elementary/middle school. Overlap between those classes and your video ended about at the 10 minute mark and I’m trying to learn more about border history now that I’m moving a lot closer to it. I learned some when I lived in Guanajuato, Mexico during the bicentenario in 2010 but I appreciate having this all laid out so clearly in my first language. Knowing exactly how easy it was for me, an American citizen, to live in Mexico for the better part of a year (legally, not that it seemed to matter much to anyone there at that time and how hard it was for my Mexican friends to even get visitor visas, made me even more passionate about the issue of immigration. We need a comprehensive overhaul of our immigration system, not through executive order, but through congress, like it should be. But congress is particularly disinclined to do, well, anything at the moment, especially not that. I have more to say, but I’ll stop there.

    • @Vesta_the_Lesser
      @Vesta_the_Lesser 7 днів тому

      Yeah, I'm glad this guy seems like an actual history teacher, he seems like he might be genuine moderate or moderate conservative, he cares about actual history and doesn't try to push weird "althistory" like some other ppl on here...

  • @SnakeBush
    @SnakeBush 29 днів тому +18

    as a chihuahuan american texan i thank you for this thorough and fact rich video 🤙🤙

    • @44bett
      @44bett 14 днів тому

      Agree

  • @tomtrask_YT
    @tomtrask_YT 28 днів тому +14

    The border "crisis" - we'll do anything but try to solve the problem of lack of resources to process the flow in a timely manner.

    • @glennhecker4422
      @glennhecker4422 26 днів тому +1

      TRUTH. You NAILED it. Right on target!

    • @TheMysteryDriver
      @TheMysteryDriver 23 дні тому

      They don't want to process the flow because they're mostly liars. They want to stop them.

  • @louisjov
    @louisjov 29 днів тому +18

    Thanks for covering important stuff like this!

  • @stacie1595
    @stacie1595 27 днів тому +5

    I've been living abroad for a few years now and it's not till you become separated from the American continent that you begin to realize how entangled the US and Mexico are. Whenever I try to explain a certain part of my culture to my students, I also have to explain bits and pieces of Mexican culture. This is especially true when I try to explain the culture of my home region (the southwest).

  • @reycastaneda5017
    @reycastaneda5017 26 днів тому +3

    Born and raised in Rio grande city. Juan Cortina is a hero in my eyes. Thanks for a great video!

  • @joegallegos9109
    @joegallegos9109 28 днів тому +5

    Haha. As a New Mexican I always say we don't like the Texans because they keep trying and failing to take over our state. Love the dig 😂

  • @snbks4ever
    @snbks4ever 29 днів тому +15

    Another amazing video, thank you

  • @bradleystewart471
    @bradleystewart471 29 днів тому +19

    Big fan of the channel. good to see new video.

  • @arielsanchez6851
    @arielsanchez6851 23 дні тому +3

    I work with some of the maquilas in both sides of Nogales. I grew up here and if you’re ever back around here let me know and I can take you to a few places on both sides of the border so you can see how things work out here

    • @CynicalHistorian
      @CynicalHistorian  23 дні тому +3

      If I am down there again, I'm always happy to get drinks. When I was down there, I basically setup shop at Hildas every night. I had a local historian (Ramon Garcia) guiding me around for a couple days, so I got to see the important sites for my work

  • @merryfergie
    @merryfergie 29 днів тому +5

    I always appreciate you for the history sessions you share with us

  • @kevinconrad6156
    @kevinconrad6156 29 днів тому +6

    Great video from someone about 3 miles from the border I learned a few things. Thanks!

  • @MajoraZ
    @MajoraZ 28 днів тому +6

    I don't have too much to add here, but I think it's fun to note that Mesoamerican civilizations, in this case specifically the Maya seemingly, had trade routes past the border to Oasisamerican societies like the Ancestral Pueblo, Salado, and Hohokam: These weren't just indirect, A to B, B to C, C to D etc style trade routes, but Mesoamerican merchants seem to have directly travelled and traded up into what's now the Southwest and Northern Mexico with macaws, cacao, rubber balls, etc, and ball courts can be found at various sites in those areas. Moctezuma II also had a bison in his royal Zoo, and while the range of the Bison did extend into Northern Mexico at the time, that still would have been at least a thousand kilometers away from Tenochtitlan and it's possible the Bison could have been sourced from areas further north.

  • @user-qt7nq5xl1m
    @user-qt7nq5xl1m 25 днів тому +1

    Definitely a class act putting this video together. The footage is fantastic. Excellent job once again

  • @barbaraanneneale3674
    @barbaraanneneale3674 29 днів тому +9

    A very informative and entertaining video. Thank you for clearly explaining the history about this troubled region. No matter how much I think I know about history, I'm always learning something new.

  • @kurtrambus2728
    @kurtrambus2728 29 днів тому +4

    Great research as always!!

  • @Parrskey77
    @Parrskey77 29 днів тому +7

    One of the only history channels i can watch now… its wild how many history channels turn into alt right history channels 😂

    • @twonumber22
      @twonumber22 29 днів тому +3

      I'm subbed to a lot of history channels and I don't think any one of them produces rightwing propaganda. I could be mistaken somewhere.

    • @Parrskey77
      @Parrskey77 29 днів тому

      @@twonumber22 theres quite a few who inkle on the edge of eugenics and pseudoscience that when you dig deeper is related to some pretty gross shit

    • @twonumber22
      @twonumber22 29 днів тому

      @@ThunderTheBlackShadowKitty oh nice, I'm not familiar with those

  • @rickb1973
    @rickb1973 29 днів тому +25

    Texas still has a Jeff Davis County, huh?

    • @taxirob2248
      @taxirob2248 29 днів тому +12

      Surprised?

    • @rickb1973
      @rickb1973 29 днів тому +12

      @@taxirob2248 Nah, I'm definitely to cynical of my fellow humans to be surprised. Its just an additional disappointment.

    • @JohnHunterPlayerr
      @JohnHunterPlayerr 29 днів тому +13

      You should check out Brazil. They have a whole confederate day for run away southerners who wanted to keep slaving for another 30-40 years

    • @evials9123
      @evials9123 28 днів тому +1

      @@rickb1973Why would you be dissapointed lol? He was a great leader and was also pretty influential even outside the confederacy.

    • @majormissile5596
      @majormissile5596 26 днів тому +4

      I will say in fairness, Texas counties change very rarely past the reconstruction era. While it absolutely needs to be changed, it's been difficult because it's already such a rare thing, the pushing for it of the bigots aside.

  • @CSHallo
    @CSHallo 29 днів тому +6

    This history video essay is excellent evidence that generational trauma should be a primary framework by which current Mexican politics, cartel violence, etc. are spoken of and understood.

  • @dca4840
    @dca4840 21 день тому +4

    So you’re saying America didn’t send their best.

    • @yomilala8929
      @yomilala8929 21 день тому +3

      And yet they complain when they get their karma

  • @DrSanity7777777
    @DrSanity7777777 21 день тому +3

    There are two driving forces which are often attributed to the rise of nationalism in Europe in the 19th century. First it has been suggested that intellectuals at this time believed that a common language within a territory would have great economic benefits. Supplementing this view is the perspective that as more and more people began to lose religious faith during the Enlightenment which saw the rise of modern science, nationalism helped fill this religious void by transferring love for god to love for ones country.
    "Can anything be stupider than that a man has the right to kill me because he lives on the other side of a river and his ruler has a quarrel with mine, though I have not quarrelled with him?" - Blaise Pascal

  • @TheEpicShadowGaming
    @TheEpicShadowGaming 29 днів тому +6

    Another banger from Cypher. Back too back too back

  • @shadowforce345
    @shadowforce345 29 днів тому +6

    I love your cat. Great video man :3

  • @JustaReadingguy
    @JustaReadingguy 9 днів тому

    Crazy interesting. Thanks for the video.

  • @mILk-pd7kt
    @mILk-pd7kt 11 днів тому

    Fascinating thanks for making this

  • @blacktulip1064
    @blacktulip1064 29 днів тому +2

    Excellent! Thank you!!

  • @truhhhhhhhokIII3
    @truhhhhhhhokIII3 29 днів тому

    Amazing breakdown as always 🔥

  • @rsfaeges5298
    @rsfaeges5298 29 днів тому +4

    Excellent video: props

  • @camelloy
    @camelloy 29 днів тому +7

    Bro we needed this one

  • @jasonabshire837
    @jasonabshire837 14 днів тому

    I absolutely love the lessons offered here. The history is detailed, and relevant to decisions made today. Keep up the great work. Thank you for all the hard work and research. Oh yeah….super entertaining too. I love seeing your little buddy, the kitty. Gotta be the coolest “history cat” on UA-cam !

  • @valmid5069
    @valmid5069 25 днів тому +1

    Cant wait for more historical content from this channel!

  • @Rensra
    @Rensra 29 днів тому +7

    51:00 I skipped the episode to see if King Richard had anything important to say.

    • @ResponseChecker
      @ResponseChecker 25 днів тому +1

      A+ comment for understand the importance of praising our king.
      -Checked

  • @austinmendez3101
    @austinmendez3101 24 дні тому

    Good job keeping it objective🎉.
    I came here to say "what about the alimo" but then realized that you mentioned you done a in depth vid on the war. Thank you awesome vid

  • @Oldmaninthestream
    @Oldmaninthestream 29 днів тому +1

    Interesting, thanks!

  • @EGSBiographies-om1wb
    @EGSBiographies-om1wb 26 днів тому +1

    This vid was worth my time to watch !

  • @lordulberthellblaze6509
    @lordulberthellblaze6509 29 днів тому +4

    This was a seriously a fun video to watch. Though it may be simplified. History of those borderlands reads like a Rust or DayZ server.

    • @ilikecats1562
      @ilikecats1562 29 днів тому

      ?

    • @lordulberthellblaze6509
      @lordulberthellblaze6509 29 днів тому +3

      Different sides raiding, trading and fighting each other with no clearly defined lines based on nationality, ethnicity or cause other than their own greed and or survival.

  • @nestcamo1181
    @nestcamo1181 29 днів тому +14

    Crack isnt a cheaper version of coke. Its just easier to sell in smaller quantities because its solid. When cooking coke into crack, anything used to cut it separates out.
    This is why when buying coke to turn into crack, you need to purchase a much more pure product. This is known as 'cooking powder'. When you cook it up or ' straight drop' it, a ratio of 1 part sodium bicarbonate to 7 parts product is used. Although more baking soda can be used, its becomes obvious when smoking it. Hopefully now you can help me stopping the spread of this commonly held falsehood.
    The truth is important, even when drugs are the topic.

    • @CrazyK-sm5xf
      @CrazyK-sm5xf 25 днів тому +1

      Price vs retail price vs resell

  • @Fran7842
    @Fran7842 23 дні тому +2

    Main takeaway is that the cat in the video is really cool

  • @riccarrasquilla379
    @riccarrasquilla379 28 днів тому

    thanks for your video

  • @odinponzi9224
    @odinponzi9224 29 днів тому +4

    1:16 this mf in greens' fit. Ayo!! He is stylish asf

  • @aspen1606
    @aspen1606 29 днів тому +3

    The often forgotten but very real dynamic is that on both sides, the people are the exact same ethnicity, being mainly hispanic. It's a hard border, but it's one that was drawn worse than African borders.

  • @samwill7259
    @samwill7259 29 днів тому +11

    Maybe getting really upset about fake lines on maps is really dumb in general, especially when it costs people their real, actual lives.
    If our national border is more important to you than the life and safety of even one actual person, it tells me all I need to know about you

    • @TheGahta
      @TheGahta 29 днів тому +6

      Caring about borders (ie the difference between someone elses jurisdiction and your own) is costing way more lives then one if neglected.
      Dont stoop to this obvious of a strawman.
      Its not even a partisan thing, just an optics show

    • @samwill7259
      @samwill7259 29 днів тому

      @@TheGahta If the "wall" is causing women and children to drawn in the Rio Grande in the attempt to cross. Then it has caused more harm than should ever be allowed. No border is worth a life, even one

  • @openmind763
    @openmind763 25 днів тому +2

    I need to clarify something, but Diaz didn't rule México for half a century. He ruled her for over 30 year, but 30 years doesn't account for half of something, but only a third.

  • @OFFICIALDJFLASHBACK
    @OFFICIALDJFLASHBACK 26 днів тому +1

    Dude, another great video! I know you didn't talk about it in this video, but it would be cool if you can do a series on the aqueduct that formed the Salton Sea and how that was built on Mexican soil that was not preapproved by the Mexican government.

  • @nebulan
    @nebulan 29 днів тому +3

    Lol mr beat getting that song in our heads every time

    • @nebulan
      @nebulan 29 днів тому +2

      Now i have secret tunnel in my head

  • @MegaAnimeforlife
    @MegaAnimeforlife 29 днів тому +5

    I love the objectiveness of these videos this is one of the best I've seen about the history of the border this is probably a taboo topic to cover but I think you covering the history of the Israel Palestinian conflict would be an interesting watch

    • @Pikachu2Ash
      @Pikachu2Ash 27 днів тому

      I think he's waiting till the event is over to cover because it's hard to get a good picture of it when it's currently on going.

    • @44bett
      @44bett 14 днів тому

      Agree

  • @BravoOneCharlie
    @BravoOneCharlie 29 днів тому +4

    Watching 50 mins of history of violence, imperialism, racism etc... depress. Catto in the end: I'm happy again.

  • @tzufbb
    @tzufbb 29 днів тому +5

    James K.Polk shares the same face and eyes with Mel Gibson

    • @elpiedron3889
      @elpiedron3889 14 днів тому

      Epstein and Andrew Jackson have similar face too.

  • @Bttrdndls
    @Bttrdndls 28 днів тому +2

    Excellent video. I never appreciated the until now the cultural and political impact of the borderlands on both countries.

  • @humbaba55
    @humbaba55 День тому

    I know this is a lot of late. But I like that you used 'secret tunnel' from Avatar, the last air bender. 😆
    BTW, I love it when the kitty shows up

  • @roberthamilton9263
    @roberthamilton9263 29 днів тому +1

    WONDERFUL!!

  • @punksci6879
    @punksci6879 29 днів тому +3

    Good video but not being a Yank or Mexican the most useful thing I learned was that horses aren't cattle.

  • @welcometonebalia
    @welcometonebalia 24 дні тому

    Thank you.

  • @201950201950
    @201950201950 14 днів тому

    Thanks!

  • @MikeJohnson-nj1ry
    @MikeJohnson-nj1ry 29 днів тому +26

    My grandfather was born in a Mormon polygamous colony Colonia Diaz. My family could figure out why this town was burnt to the ground.

    • @nebulan
      @nebulan 29 днів тому +3

      Get out those family history investigative skills!

    • @PASTRAMIKick
      @PASTRAMIKick 29 днів тому +6

      wasn't also like Romney's dad or something born in chihuahua?

    • @MCKevin289
      @MCKevin289 29 днів тому +10

      @@PASTRAMIKick
      In fact several of his relatives were Mexican senators at one point. Vice did a doc on them in like 2010.

    • @el_equidistante
      @el_equidistante 25 днів тому +2

      That colony was burnt to the ground not because of any external political reasons, it was burnt to the ground because of war declared between the brothers/leaders and the two sides killing each other. Many mormons are still living in Chihuahua however.

  • @tomhalla426
    @tomhalla426 29 днів тому +18

    I would note that Gen Lopez de Santa Anna had taken power in a coup, so his own legitimacy was dubious. Lopez de Santa Anna trying to follow traditional Spanish law, and trying to disarm Texians at Gonzales was one of the cassus belli’s. One of the rather transparent claims of the Texian separatists was claiming loyalty to the old Mexican constitution Lopez de Santa Anna had abrogated.

    • @CynicalHistorian
      @CynicalHistorian  29 днів тому +12

      the number of Mexican presidents who had risen to power through a democratic election at that point was 1, yes only one. No his coup had absolutely nothing to do with the revolt. In fact, most Texians supported Santa Anna's two coups before the revolution

    • @michaelross6792
      @michaelross6792 28 днів тому +1

      So he was the George Washington of Mexico

    • @CynicalHistorian
      @CynicalHistorian  28 днів тому +3

      I've seen multiple historians make that comparison, though always unfavorably toward Santa Anna

  • @user-qt7nq5xl1m
    @user-qt7nq5xl1m 25 днів тому +2

    I love kitty cat time

  • @ricardoalejandrosaldana633
    @ricardoalejandrosaldana633 15 годин тому

    This was great! As a Mexican American born from mexican parents in Sylmar, California. I loved this history video thank you !🎉

  • @mrpopeshistoryclass7285
    @mrpopeshistoryclass7285 29 днів тому +3

    I took a whole class on this topic, and wrote a paper about the Border policy from 1924 through the 1960s

    • @TheGahta
      @TheGahta 29 днів тому

      And why not share anything of it here then? Or tell how people can find that?

    • @mrpopeshistoryclass7285
      @mrpopeshistoryclass7285 29 днів тому

      @TheGahta Because I took that class two years ago, I'm at work, and don't remember any of the books or documentaries I uses off the top of my head.

    • @TheGahta
      @TheGahta 29 днів тому

      @@mrpopeshistoryclass7285 man just say you didnt want to go into details and all is good, no one needs those excuses if you invest more time in them then your initial post 🤣

  • @JamesSmith-hi4gh
    @JamesSmith-hi4gh 28 днів тому +2

    I'm sure I'm asking a lot here but can we get a list of the movies you used as reference in this video. They all look like great movies.

  • @alphamikeomega5728
    @alphamikeomega5728 26 днів тому +2

    When the Mormons set off to settle Salt Lake City, it was part of Mexico - but only for a couple of years!

  • @MrWWIIBuff
    @MrWWIIBuff 28 днів тому +2

    Always makes work a little better when I see a new lecture I can listen to!
    Once again, our biggest problem with the border is seemingly a broken immagration system, and not mass "invasions" by unarmed refugees...

  • @lobachevscki
    @lobachevscki 28 днів тому +2

    Ok Mr. Beat got me by surprise hahahahahah

  • @pudgeboyardee32
    @pudgeboyardee32 29 днів тому +5

    The movie battlefield earth made one point i liked. The humans steal an aircraft and are flying across the old US using a paper map. The map has lines, state lines, national borders, roads, all that. The humans are trying to find the lines to use them to navigate but they arent there. So the humans suppose they simply wore away. Not understanding that many of those borders only ever existed on paper. Abstract constructs, pure and simple. Imaginary lines in the sand.
    Kinda made a little light go off in my head. Rest of the watch was tough.

    • @evials9123
      @evials9123 28 днів тому +1

      From a geographical perspective yes. From a political perspective… lmao absolutely not

  • @Aeyekay0
    @Aeyekay0 29 днів тому +38

    Never been this early so: Remember to vote this November!!!!

  • @GuyNamedSean
    @GuyNamedSean 21 день тому +1

    What is that map at 1:51? I'd love to pour over it. It has details on what tribes were living where at a specific time, and detailed maps on that are hard to come by.

    • @KevinB-pd3me
      @KevinB-pd3me 13 днів тому

      You'd love to pour what over it?

  • @zakbeveridge7461
    @zakbeveridge7461 25 днів тому +1

    11:17 never gets old

  • @marcialynn3469
    @marcialynn3469 29 днів тому +6

    I'm one of 10k expats in San Felipe, Baja 90 miles south of Mexicali

  • @user-pc7hb9hi9j
    @user-pc7hb9hi9j 25 днів тому +1

    what a sweet cat.

  • @yturrey
    @yturrey 2 дні тому

    Side note at 18:20 mark shows the Tohono Otham nation in only southern Arizona, when in fact its boundaries actually go across the border into Mexico!

  • @ZephyrOptional
    @ZephyrOptional 29 днів тому +2

    Secret tunnel! Secret tunnel! Haha! We like the same show!

  • @ericveneto1593
    @ericveneto1593 28 днів тому +1

    What was the 1971 SCOTUS case?

  • @bryankollmorgen2696
    @bryankollmorgen2696 21 день тому +1

    A question about migration versus invasion. When does the former become the latter? Clearly the Latin American migration is not an invasion. But when looking at European history, when did the migration of Germanic tribes to the West become an invasion? For example, the Goths did not necessarily trek West with the intention of Sacking Rome. But this was the outcome.

    • @CynicalHistorian
      @CynicalHistorian  21 день тому +4

      Simple: Armed hostility, duh

    • @moic9704
      @moic9704 6 днів тому

      If immigrants want to depose the government and create their own nation like in The Texan Revolution then it would be an invasion.

  • @SomasAcademy
    @SomasAcademy 29 днів тому +9

    "[...] may alleviate that issue, at least a modicum" - Oh Cypher, you're gonna scare away the non-nerd section of your audience putting multiple $64,000 words in quick succession lol

  • @fmjackalope4014
    @fmjackalope4014 29 днів тому +17

    48:20 What do you mean that guy on facebook rambling about "boarder crossers" doesn't know what he's talking about?

  • @caseclosed9342
    @caseclosed9342 18 днів тому

    20:55 Just like Jeffery Donovan’s character talks about in Sicario

  • @nancyaldape445
    @nancyaldape445 7 днів тому

    What’s up RGV

  • @lady_draguliana784
    @lady_draguliana784 29 днів тому +4

    _DRENCHED_ in Blood

    • @CynicalHistorian
      @CynicalHistorian  29 днів тому

      Are you referring to my chapter title?

    • @lady_draguliana784
      @lady_draguliana784 29 днів тому +1

      @@CynicalHistorian your vid's pretty fantastic! Clear and comprehensive!
      I was, referring to the overall history of the Southwestern border between the US and Mexico, in total, which is, as you duly noted, _extremely_ bloody. US, Spanish, Mexican, and Native blood "flowed like whiskey" in the region for so long!
      and it's worse if you count the time before the Louisiana Purchase, of course, with the genocides involved in westward expansion
      I live in the area, and if you ever get the chance to take one of the tours of the battle sites, it's fascinating... and depressing how many there are...
      Although, if you were to mock up a graphic of your title that was literally drenched in blood, I wouldn't hate it! 🤣

    • @CynicalHistorian
      @CynicalHistorian  28 днів тому +1

      My chapter titled "The Plaza Drenched in Blood" is actually a quote, LOL

    • @lady_draguliana784
      @lady_draguliana784 27 днів тому +1

      @@CynicalHistorian 🤣 perfection!

  • @michaeljebbett160
    @michaeljebbett160 29 днів тому +16

    Makes you wonder if having borders is even worth it.

    • @evials9123
      @evials9123 28 днів тому

      Why? Having an open border has been disastrous at the moment

    • @michaeljebbett160
      @michaeljebbett160 27 днів тому +2

      @@evials9123 For who, exactly?

    • @evials9123
      @evials9123 27 днів тому

      @@michaeljebbett160 mainly the US but it can also negatively impact Mexico too

    • @michaeljebbett160
      @michaeljebbett160 27 днів тому +2

      @@evials9123 drugs and migrants?
      Is that the argument?

    • @evials9123
      @evials9123 27 днів тому

      @@michaeljebbett160 Yes. What are you not getting?

  • @sergthememer8547
    @sergthememer8547 3 дні тому

    I actually know somebody who is a direct descendant from Geronimo it was a teacher in nogales

  • @MrDavidrex
    @MrDavidrex 21 день тому

    Well done.

  • @arc-michaelr9580
    @arc-michaelr9580 10 днів тому

    It's the dude going up the ladder, then not allowing the ones behind him to come up.

  • @popoha4380
    @popoha4380 13 годин тому

    Great cover of a long topic.

  • @Archimedeeez
    @Archimedeeez 29 днів тому +1

    👑🐱

  • @44bett
    @44bett 14 днів тому

    Thank you TCH for your informative report on the Mexican - US border. Sadly over 70% of the world's addicts are from American - billions are made on both sides of the border. Companies that hire the illegal are rarely in trouble. Also, some 500,000 Latinos fought in WWII. A great book ''Among the Valiant'' by historian Raul Morin writes of the twenty plus Medal of Honor recipients of WWII and Korea.

  • @miklaus87
    @miklaus87 29 днів тому +1

    WILSONNN!!!

  • @rangecow
    @rangecow 27 днів тому

    Nicely refinished photos/graphics.
    ... And in the south, Mexico blends into Guatemala.
    While the sign says no dogs, Mexicans or whatever, similar signs in US Navy cities on the East coast forbid dogs, sailors etc and so was begun the Navy Journalist rating under the umbrella of the Defense Information establishment including training at the Defense Information School, now at Fort Meade, MD. Or so is the DINFOS propaganda. It's the sign, an association, Americans hated sailors, too...

  • @d.m.conroy6717
    @d.m.conroy6717 28 днів тому

    Mr Beat

  • @Q-Ball.
    @Q-Ball. 28 днів тому

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