Hispanic Americans and Native Americans

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Hispanic Americans and Native Americans

• Section 19.2

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Todays Agenda

• Finish 19.1
• Complete 19.2
• What we dont get done must be finished for
  homework!!!!
• Ill will collect 19.1 and 19.2 tomorrow (15
  points)
• So wake up and lets get this done!

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Should undocumented workers be allowed to stay
and work in the US?
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Who made up the Hispanic population of the US in
the 60s and 70s?

• 5 major groups
• Mexican Americans
• Puerto Ricans
• Cuban Americans
• Central Americans
• South Americans
• Shared language, culture, religion
• Differed geographically/ economically/politically

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How did they get here?

• Mexican Americans
• Great grandchildren of Mexican War
• Baraceros (farm workers) invited during WWII
• Undocumented (illegal) Aliens
• Puerto Ricans
• Already American citizens
• Most arrived after WWII seeking work
• Settled in NY city
• Cuban Americans
• Fled Cuba after Cuban Missile Crisis 1962- 3
  thousand per week
• Mariel Boatlift (1980)
• 130 thousand came
• Most settled in Miami

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What political issues did Hispanics face in the
60s and 70s?

• Gerrymandering
• No voice in government (representation)
• Bracero Program Ended
• Temporary work visas stopped after 1965
• Undocumented workers continued to enter US
• Coyotes (guides)
• Often robbed or exploited them for lots of
• Exploitation
• American farmers exploited them
• Poor conditions, little pay, no protection

A crowd of Mexicans in Mexico City wait to
register for the U.S. Bracero program, circa
1943.
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Cesar Chavez Presentation
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Who was Cesar Chavez?

• Leader of United Farm Workers
• Knows as a quiet explosion
• Unionized farm workers
• Called on Americans to boycott farm products to
  help him negotiate better pay and working
  conditions

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Describe the state of Native Americans in the
1960s and 70s.

• Population soared between 1960-70
• 550 thousand to almost 800 thousand
• 66 lived off reservations (in cities)
• 38 lived in poverty
• 12 was national average
• 50 unemployment
• 50 dropout rate
• 46 Life expectancy
• Alcoholism, suicide rates were highest in nation

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American Indian Movement (AIM) Presentation
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What happened at Wounded Knee in Feb, 1973?
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What happened at Wounded Knee in Feb, 1973?

• Armed Sioux seized control of small town in South
  Dakota (Wounded Knee)
• Site of massacre of Sioux by US marshals in 1890
• Sioux were supported by American Indian Movement
  (AIM)
• Militant Indian group
• US marshals surrounded town
• Wanted to starve them into submission
• Results
• 2 Native Americans killed
• 1 US marshal wounded
• Focused public attention on deplorable condition
  of Native Americans

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