They got the jobs because their was a shortage to the amount of workers there were, and so the companies couldn't be discriminate, because they got merchandise to make.
They got the jobs because their was a shortage to the amount of workers there were, and so the companies couldn't be discriminate, because they got merchandise to make. However, after the war, many of the Americans returned, and the businesses wanted to give the jobs back to the White Americans, so they fired many of the African Americans that were previously holding the jobs during the war
Under the terms of the treaty negotiated by Trist, Mexico ceded to the United States Upper California and New Mexico. This was known as the Mexican Cession and included present-day Arizona and New Mexico and parts of Utah, Nevada, and Colorado (see Article V of the treaty).
