Puerto Rico The history of Puerto Rico starts when Christopher Columbus arrived in Puerto Rico in 1493. He instantly called the island San Juan Bautista ‚ but thanks to the gold in the river‚ it was soon known as Puerto Rico‚ or "rich port;" and the capital city took the name San Juan. Soon‚ Puerto Rico was a Spanish colony on its way to becoming an important military outpost. Puerto Rico began to produce cattle‚ sugar cane‚ coffee and
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Many factors play into being American. An American doesn’t have to know the language perfectly or eat the typical “American food”‚ everyone that lives in America should have the same rights‚ freedoms‚ and opportunities. An American identity is created by adapting the techniques of life and how to do things. You don’t need to look the same or even sound the same‚ each American is different in their own way. There is not a description of a perfect “American Citizen”. America is a big “melting pot”
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United States that set out to achieve equality for Mexican-Americans. The Chicano Movement began in the 1940 ’s as a continuation of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement‚ but built up strength around the 1960’s after Mexican-American youth began to label themselves as "Chicano" to express their culture and proudly distinguish themselves as Mexican-American youth. For many Americans‚ a Chicano was used as a demeaning term to describe Mexican- Americans‚ because it became identified with immigrants
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Many historians today believe that the American Civil War could’ve been avoided. They believed that if better leaders were elected‚ the division between the North and South could have been prevented. The views on democracy from America could have resolved disputes as well. Others say the war could have been avoided‚ but a major conflict was bound to happen. Some of the events that led up to the Civil War include the Mexican-American War‚ the dispute over the 36o30’ line‚ and the Fugitive Slave
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The power of the United States to intervene between the conflict of Texas and Mexico is another act of being a hegemon and to show its power and dominance over others. Mexico‚ an autonomous state composed of lands from West Coast after its independence from Spain in 1821‚ worked to gain a stable government and sees the United States as a threat because United States seeks to expand its land to the South. The result is an unstable and poor economic‚ social and political condition Mexico is in. Texas
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was not a fictional movie made it that much harder to not get emotional. There where many issues addressed in this movie with the Mexican-American mine workers. In this movie they make it clear that there are prejudice against the Mexican-American workers. They want the same pay as the Anglo workers they stated. The Empire Zinc Mine took advantage of these Mexican-American workers just because of prejudice. I still see this going
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How and why did the American‚ British and Soviet governments react to the Cuban Missile Crisis? This investigation will analyze the extent of the American‚ British and Soviet’s governments’ involvement in the Cuban missile crisis. This topic is important since any noticeable difference may give people a better perspective on world politics and how history is affected by who records said history. Britain’s role in the crisis is also usually not covered‚ so evaluating their influences may also be
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meant to be. I am Mexican and Native American. My mother and father always told me to be myself and to listen to no one. How could I have been myself at the age of 7 when disrespectful people always told me things that I possibly would have not know? I was 10 years old and a girl in my class that was Native American bullied me because I didn’t know very much about the Native American culture‚ I didn’t dress like her‚ speak like her‚ or look like her. On my mother side we are Mexicans
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option would be Puerto Rico. Ever since the Spanish American war‚ Puerto Rico lays in a state between a territory and a state. This state‚ otherwise know as a commonwealth. A commonwealth gives residences U.S. Citizenship to the people who live there but with no representation in congress. Many people came forth in a recent election in 2012 to decide the fate of the island. For the first time‚ more people voted to become a state. While some people object to becoming a state‚ Puerto Rico should become
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to society constantly pushing them off to the side. Mexican-Americans‚ like many other ethnicities‚ were viewed as an inferior group compared to the white Americans. During this movement‚ there were a lot of important actions that took place from farm worker rights‚ education‚ and the political movement that change the course of how Mexican Americans should be treated and given the same equal opportunities as any other race. The Mexican American Civil Rights Movement in the 1960’s united the Latino
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