Verification of Reading # 3: Labor
1-Summarize the importance of Mexican labor in the Southwest in the nineteenth century and until 1920.
2-Explain the economic and employment situation in Puerto Rico between 1898 and 1920. Where did the Puerto Ricans usually work and why?
3-What was the Holy Order of the Knights of Labor? Who was in it? What rights did they defend?
4-Which industries did Latino women work in during the World War II years?
5-What was the Bracero Program?
6-Explain how the Cold War influenced the increase of immigration from Cuba to the U.S. and in which sectors did they work?
7-What was the employment outlook and migrant situation during the 1970s? Where and why were there protests and consumer boycotts?
8-Summarize the importance of the Immigration Reform and Control Act.
9-What is the Latino workforce’s current situation? Why do so many come from Latin America?
10-In which sectors do many Latinos commonly work? What types of things affect their working conditions and income?
