The Other America

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• The Other America
• Urban Poor
• Not everyone found the American Dream
• Poor class was rising. Why?

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H.Q. 19.4

• 1. What is White Flight?
• 2. Who is considered part of the Other America?
• 3. What happened to a man named Longoria? Why?

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White Flight

• Money left the cities for the suburbs
• Rural Poor moved to the cities
• Cities were robbed of tax payers

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Inner Cities

• Minimum income level rose every year, but was not
  seen in inner cities
• People were in trouble
• Book The Other America Told the story of poverty

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• One Answer was Urban Renewal
• National Housing Act of 49
• Decent home for every family
• Tear down rundown
• New cabinet position HUD
• Public Housing

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• Poverty leads to Activism
• Minorities began to speak out on their behalf

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Mexicans

• 1942 US initiated program of Braceros What?
• Many stayed and hoped to make good in US
• Felix Longoria
• WWII hero
• Killed in war, and town would not bury him
• Foundations started to fight for rights

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Native Americans

• 1924 Got Citizenship
• 1934 Assimilation stopped and gave Natives
  autonomy
• 1944 National Congress of Native Americans
• Ensure civil rights
• Retain customs on reservations

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• Termination Policy
• 1953
• NO economic support for Natives
• Natives tried to find places for their people,
  but not easy
• US government let the Natives down
• Not a proud moment
• Ended in 1963