Hispanic Americans Unit Review

What is the largest and oldest Spanish settlement in the Southwest?

• Santa Fe

• Tucson

• San Diego

• Las Vegas

Puerto Rico abolishes slavery in the year ________.

• 1886

• 1863

• 1873

• 1888

During the Mexican Revolution, how did people escape Mexico?

• Fled across the Rio Grande into the US

• Fled by boat in the Pacific Ocean

• Fled to the neighboring county Guatemala

What did the Fair Employment Practices Act eliminate in the 1940s?

• discrimination in public housing

• discrimination in education in public schools

• discrimination in the employment of workers in defense industries or government

• discrimination in the employment of workers in the education field

After what war, did the first Mexicans become US citizens?

• War of 1812

• Revolutionary War

• Civil War

• Mexican American War

What treaty ended the Mexican American War?

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Treaty of Paris 1783

• Treaty of Paris 1763

• Treaty of Don Domingo

What kind of jobs did Mexican immigrants and Mexican Americans work in the late 19th and early 20th century? Check all that apply.

• agriculture

• medical field

• meat processing

• steel mills

The Mexican Repatriation Act was a mass deportation of Mexicans and Mexican-Americans from the United States.

• True

• False

The purpose of the Bracero Program during WWII brought Mexican laborers to the United States to remedy wartime production shortages.

• True

• False

Check all that apply to maquiladora and exporting its products to the country of that company.

• a factory in Mexico

• run by a foreign company

• only sells products to the country of that company

• sells to both Mexico and the country of that company