PBS New Latinos/ Central America

The "New Latinos" to the United States arrived from all the islands EXCEPT

• Cuba

• Haiti

• Dominican Republic

• Puerto Rico

Which of the Caribbean islands is considered a U.S. territory today?

• Cuba

• Dominican Republic

• Puerto Rico

• Haiti

Majority of the Puerto Ricans arriving in America during the 1940s and 50s, settled in

• Little Havana

• Florida

• California

• East Harlem

Event that led to arrival of Cuban exiles to America during the late 1950s?

• Cuban revolution led by Fidel Castro

• Bay of Pigs Invasion

• Soviet Union placing missiles on Cuba

• United Nations Creating a communist and democratic state on the island

Which statement is TRUE about the difference between the waves of Cuban exiles arriving in America

• First group was known as Marielitos, criminals and lower class

• First group was wealthy, white-looking, landowners that supported former leader Batista

• The last groups of exiles arrived to the United States by plane and cruise ships

• there was no real difference, they all wish to escape Fidel Castro

To prevent the spread of communism in the Caribbean and avoid another fiasco like dealing with Fidel Castro

• the United States invaded Puerto Rico and made it a territory

• the U.S. placed nuclear missiles on Cuba

• the U.S. invaded Dominican Republic and ousted its leader

• the U.S. set up a naval blockade in the Gulf of Mexico

Location became the main community for Cuban Americans in the United States

• East Harlem

• Little Havana

• Los Angeles

• West Santiago

Majority of Dominican Republican immigrants arriving to America migrated to

• Little Havana

• California

• Florida

• New York City

The first major city in America that became officially bilingual during the 1970s was

• Los Angeles

• Miami

• New York City

• Chicago

Univision is

• Agency that aided new latino immigrants to the United States

• Largest Sugar industry in Puerto Rico

• U.S. company that owned large land holdings in Guatemala

• Largest Spanish network in the United States