CMN 214 Midterm 2 update , Questions and answers with

CMN 214 Midterm 2 ( update), Questions and answers with

Hispanic - ✔✔- a term that covers people with many different origins and skin
colors, people that identify themselves as having Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban,
or other Spanish origin
Chicano Movement - ✔✔- civil rights movement in the 1960s and 70s to
strengthen Hispanic cultural heritage and draw attention to injustice
GI Forum - ✔✔- Latino civil rights organization established to advocate for
Mexican Americans after WWII
Puerto Ricans - ✔✔- Spanish speaking immigrants who settled in large numbers
in New York City in the 1920's, the country these people come from is part of the
United States but does not have statehood, so these people cannot vote
Cubans - ✔✔- many of these people immig to the US in 1959 when Fidel
Castro seized their country by force, mostly educated and wealthy due to US
government support
Dominicans - ✔✔- immigrants that came to the US first in 1965 when we
intervened in their civil war, originally were of higher socioeconomic status
Jones Act of 1917 - ✔✔- Gave citizenship to Puerto Ricans
Public Law 94-311 - ✔✔- Requires federal government agencies to categorize
and collect data on Hispanic origin
inter-ethnic employment discrimination - ✔✔- discrimination practiced by racial
and ethnic minority groups against other minorities