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The '''Kearny code''' is a [[code]] named after [[Stephen W. Kearny]]. It was enacted after the United States conquest of California. The code says that [[United States]] citizens must be fair and just, and are to make sure that [[Mexicans]], who were already living in [[California]] prior to the conquest, see themselves as United States citizens. For the most part, unless the Mexican-Americans were wealthy, this code was not practiced or enforced. |
The '''Kearny code''' is a [[Civil_code|code]] named after [[Stephen W. Kearny]]. It was enacted after the United States conquest of California. The code says that [[United States]] citizens must be fair and just, and are to make sure that [[Mexicans]], who were already living in [[California]] prior to the conquest, see themselves as United States citizens. For the most part, unless the Mexican-Americans were wealthy, this code was not practiced or enforced. |
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Revision as of 18:52, 8 October 2005
The Kearny code is a code named after Stephen W. Kearny. It was enacted after the United States conquest of California. The code says that United States citizens must be fair and just, and are to make sure that Mexicans, who were already living in California prior to the conquest, see themselves as United States citizens. For the most part, unless the Mexican-Americans were wealthy, this code was not practiced or enforced.