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The Rights Revolution Expands

The Rights Revolution Expands. Ch. 17-3-1. Why It Matters. Like Women, Latinos, Native Americans, and Asian Americans struggled for equality Consumers and those with disabilities were active as well. The Latino Population Grows. WWI brought limited European immigration

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The Rights Revolution Expands

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  1. The Rights Revolution Expands Ch. 17-3-1

  2. Why It Matters • Like Women, Latinos, Native Americans, and Asian Americans struggled for equality • Consumers and those with disabilities were active as well

  3. The Latino Population Grows • WWI brought limited European immigration • Cheap labor demands of WWII led to immigrants from Mexico and other Latin American nations • Mexico had a growing population and declining job opportunities

  4. A Spanish-Speaking Population • People whose origins are Spanish-speaking Latin America • Called Latinos or Hispanics • Mexican Americans make up the largest group of U.S. Latinos • Known as Chicanos

  5. Mexican Americans Farm the Land • During WWII came the bracero program • Farmhand program • Granted temporary worker status • 25 years = 4 million workers • Some stayed past their allotted time • Many deported • Numbers of workers from Mexico and Asia continued to grow

  6. Emerging Latino Communities on the East Coast • After WWI, large numbers of Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, and Cubans came. • Puerto Ricans were legal citizens of the U.S. • Cuban and Dominicans came as political refugees, fleeing harsh rule • Most Cubans and Dominicans settled in large cities

  7. Cesar Chavez Organizes Farmworkers • Cesar Chavez was the most influential Latino activist • Fought for rights for farm laborers • Most workers were migrant farmworkers • Traveling from farm to farm and state to state • Chavez created a union for farmworkers • Combined with a Filipino farm laborers union • Created United Farm Workers (UFW) • Used nonviolent tactics • Used strikes and consumer boycotts

  8. The Chicano Movement Grows • Chavez focused on farmworkers • Other movements took place in Politics and Social systems • Education made efforts to teach about Latino culture and history • More on pg. 582

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