Answer the following questions in your own words about the 2 readings:

    John Hittell Reviews Mexican Land Claims in California, 1857:
    1) What critiques does Hittell make against California land policies towards Mexican-Americans?
    2) Why did maintaining their former land holding, social standing, and prosperity remain tenuous for Mexican Americans, even though it was supposed to be protected by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

    Andrs Resndez, The Other Slavery, pp. 306-308:
    1) What was the other slavery in California?
    2) Why was California, simply unable to eliminate the other slavery, even after the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863?

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