SOCIAL STUDIES LESSON 17 TEST

The island population constantly increased during the nineteenth century thanks to the strong boost provided by the _________________.

• Celestina Cordero

• Royal Decree of Graces (Real Cedula de Gracias) of 1815.

• General Eulogio Despujols

Population Growth:

Immigrants of the Canary Islands, Venezuela, Santo Domingo and Louisiana arrived. Also, Irish men, French men and Corsicans arrived.

• True

• False

For reasons related to military defense the island was divided into the following departments: San Juan, Caguas, Coamo, San German, Aguada and Arecibo.

• True

• False

In 1899 those Departments were reorganized and the Departments of Aguada, San German and Caguas were replaced by those of Aguadilla, Mayaguez and Guayama.

• True

• False

In the nineteeth century 36 towns were founded mostly in the center and eastern part of the island.

• True

• False

Coffee plantations

  

Initially the foreigners who came to the island became owner of sugar plantation and got involved in wholesale trade (venta al por mayor-de muchos productos). 

Over the time sugar plantations ceased to be productive and the landowners and merchants move to the center of the island to produce coffee. 

Municipalities such as Utuado, Lares, San Sebastián, Las Marías, Maricao and Jayuya were established. 

• True

• False

By the end of Nineteenth-century coffee was the principal industry. 

In the Haciendas coffee was planted by the use of agregados-people who planted de the coffee but did not own the land.  Agregados were also called jíbaros. 

• True

• False

In those days the education of Puerto Rico was taken care of by the Church and private entities. 

• True

• False

General Eulogio Despujols was a government official who help with the establishment of schools.  He reorganized the educational system in 1880. 

Under his leadership the number of schools went from 329 to 384. 

• True

• False

___________had to learn to read and write at home because girls were not allowed to go to school.  She used to teach girls at her home and founded on the first girls school in Puerto Rico. 

• Rafael Cordero

• Celestina Cordero