LATINOS

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LATINOS LATINAS PEOPLE OF CULTURE
GLEN BLAND BRIAN ENGELHARDT MATT LEARN CAME
RON ROSE
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WHERE WE ARE FROM

• ARGENTINA
• BRAZIL
• BOLIVIA
• CHILE
• COLOMBIA
• COSTA RICA
• CUBA
• DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
• ECUADOR
• EL SALVADOR

• GUATEMALA
• HONDURAS
• MEXICO
• NICARAGUA
• PANAMA
• PARAGUAY
• PERU
• PUERTO RICO
• URUGUAY
• VENEZUELA

TOTAL POPULATION OF 525 MILLION
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WHY WE CAME TO AMERICA - MEXICANS

• 19th century, parts of the southern US were
  already populated by Mexicans.
  
• 1846 War with the United States 35 years after
  Mexico gained its independence from Spain.
  
• US bought southern Arizona and New Mexico from
  the Mexican government, automatically qualifying
  those people living in these areas as US
  citizens.
• Three surges of immigration in the 20th
  century.
  
• First was in the early 1900s because of a strong
  US economy and revolution in Mexico.
  
• This tripled the Mexican population to 600,000.
• The third surge occurred during the 1990s up
  until the present day.
  
• Majority of these immigrants come to America to
  escape the violence in Mexico.

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WHY WE CAME TO AMERICA PUERTO RICANS

• 1917 Puerto Rico becomes a commonwealth of the
  United States.
  
• At the end of World War II, Puerto Rican
  immigration exploded.
  
• 1945 New York City had 13,000 Puerto Ricans.
• 1946 New York City had 50,000 Puerto Ricans.
• 1955 New York City had 700,000 Puerto Ricans.
• Mid-1960s New York City had over 1,000,000
  Puerto Ricans.
  
• Causes included a lackluster economy in Puerto
  Rico, and heavy recruiting for factory jobs.
  
• Many Puerto Ricans continue to migrate to visit
  family or permanently move to the United States.

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WHY WE CAME TO AMERICA - CUBANS

• Mutual immigration between peaceful nations in
  the latter part of the 19th century.
  
• Cubans immigrated to the United States to work
  in factories and trade crops between the
  nations.
  
• Fidel Castro 1959 takes over power in Cuba.
• This causes a mass immigration over the next few
  decades with over 1,000,000 Cubans immigrating,
  most of them successful.
  
• Fled in stages
• Wealthiest Cubans fled between 1959-1962
  (200,000).
  
• Cuba opened its ports in 1980 (125,000).
• Now Cubans are restricted from immigrating
  outside of their country.

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AREAS OF INTEREST - POPULATION

• Over 25 Latino Los Angeles, San Diego, Miami,
  Houston, East Los Angeles (98).
  
• Las Vegas has increased their Latino population
  by 100 during the 1990s.
  
• 57.9 and 13.2 - Population growth percentage
  in the 1990s of Latinos and the total US
  population, respectively.
  
• Total Latino population in the United States is
  40 million, or 14 of the population.
  
• Much of the Latino population is
• Centralized along the border.
• Centralized in major cities.
• Slowly creeping into the Midwest.

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FUTURE OF LATINOS

• Major obstacle is education. Many Latinos have
  been segregated into poor school districts, not
  adequately equipped to prepare these students for
  their future.
• Experienced teachers or a new approach are
  needed.
  
• One approach is the Great City Project, a
  collaboration between Texas AM and the city of
  Houston to train teachers to teach in inner
  cities.
• Latino growth is expected to more than double to
  100 million by 2050. This growth is expected to
  be linear.
  
• Latino births in the United States Latino
  immigration to the United States
  
• This will cause a different makeup of the Latino
  population in the United States.
  
• Fighting gangs.