Hispanic Americans History And Current Issuses

Question 1

What does the term push factor refer to?

Answer 1

Difficult conditions that encourage people to leave their homeland.

Question 2

What is meant by the term pull factor?

Answer 2

Factors that attract people to enter/live in a different country.

Question 3

What does the term Hispanic mean ?

Answer 3

Of or relating to Spanish speaking culture—-> ethnic group

Question 4

What does the term Latino mean

Answer 4

Latin America

Question 5

What does the term Chicano mean

Answer 5

Mexican American

Question 6

Hispanic is a _______ group

Answer 6

Ethnic

Question 7

Hispanic umbrella term :

Answer 7

Refers to a person with ancestors from a country whose primary language is Spanish

Question 8

What country colonized Mexico

Answer 8

Spain

Question 9

When did Mexico receive independence

Answer 9

1821

Question 10

What treaty was signed at the end of the Mexican American War?

Answer 10

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1848

Question 11

What did the U.S. gain after signing the treaty of Guadalupe ?

Answer 11

California, Nevada, Utah, and more.

Question 12

What did Mexican gain after signing the treaty of Guadalupe

Answer 12

$15 million, promise of citizenship

Question 13

What war created the first Mexican Americans ?

Answer 13

Mexican American War

Question 14

What caused the immigration of Mexican to the U.S. to increase in the 1940’s

Answer 14

World war 2

Question 15

What was the bracero program

Answer 15

-allowed Mexicans Labors to work in the U.S. to fill vacate jobs

Question 16

What caused the immigration of Mexicans to the U.S. to decrease in the 1950’s?

Answer 16

Mass deportation- one million both documented and undocumented ———> were deported.

Question 17

Which amendment did the federal court decide was violated in the Mendez v. Westminster case ?

Answer 17

14th amendment

Question 18

Why did the U.S. solders attack Mexican Americans during the Zoot Suit Riots?

Answer 18

Solders attacked anyone wearing Zoot Suits, dies down when solders forced to stay on base.

Question 19

What were the goals of the Chicano movement ?

Answer 19

Educational reform
Political empowerment
Economic justice
Cultural pride

Question 20

What were the strategies of the Chicano movement ?

Answer 20

Strikes
Protest
Walkouts
Legal action

Question 21

What working conditions did ceased Chavez’s and Delores Huerta fight to change?

Answer 21

Apply pressure to lawmakers to get the growers to negotiate.

Question 22

What organization did Chavez co-find Delores

Answer 22

Delano grapestrike

Question 23

What fruit did Cesar Chavez boycott?

Answer 23

Grape

Question 24

Why did student from five east la schools walkout of their classes in 1968

Answer 24

Criticize history they learned in school
Corporal punishment

Question 25

Most Mexican Americans live in what area of the U.S.

Answer 25

California and Texas

Question 26

Which tribes are native to Puerto Rico

Answer 26

Tiano carib

Question 27

Which European country colonized Puerto Rico

Answer 27

Spain

Question 28

Name three ethnic groups of Puerto Rico

Answer 28

Native tribes. Spanish . African

Question 29

What year did Puerto Rico gain independence from Spain

Answer 29

1493

Question 30

Why did the U.S. go to war with Spain

Answer 30

The USS main blew up and blamed Spain

Question 31

What was the result of the Treaty of Paris

Answer 31

• Puerto Rico became a U.S. colony
• gained citizenship in 1917

Question 32

Most Puerto Ricans line in what U.S. city today?

Answer 32

Florida and New York

Question 33

Puerto Ricans are citizens of what country ?

Answer 33

U.S.

Question 34

What caused the Great Migration of Puerto Ricans to the mainland United Staes?

Answer 34

Poverty, unemployment, overpopulation.

Question 35

What is meant by the revolving door migration

Answer 35

Families move/travel back and forward between Puerto Rico Rico and the mainland.

Question 36

Who colonized Cuba

Answer 36

Christopher Columbus 1493 for Spain

Question 37

What U.S. city is referred to as “little Havana”

Answer 37

Miami

Question 38

Why did Cuba experience a “brain Drain”

Answer 38

When your future and potential all leave —-> immigrants fled to U.S.

Question 39

What was the cause of the first major wave of Cuban migration to the U.S.

Answer 39

1959-1962—> feel castrosumes power in Cuba

Question 40

What were the freedom flights

Answer 40

Mostly middle class——> 340,000 refuges come to Florida

Question 41

Who were the golden exiles

Answer 41

215,000 immigrants to the U.S. ——> the social, economic, elite of Cuba leave for the U.S.

Question 42

What is the white foot, dry foot policy

Answer 42

Cubans found in water are returned to Cuba
If found on land they can stay in Florida