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This partly explains why even though Congress passed the Immigration Act of 1917 to prevent the immigration of undesirables during the height of World War I, itinerant agricultural workers …
Louisiana ultimately fell to Union forces early during the conflict when in 1862 Union admiral David G. Farragut, himself of Spanish ancestry, led the USS Hartford past the Chalmette …
Recent Developments Geography and the sparse communication between Maryland and Latin America contributed to the small number of Latinos settling in the state after the American War of Independence. …
Other changes between 2000 and 2007 included more Latinos coming to Kentucky from other locations in the United States, such as Chicago and California, rather than directly from Latin …
The Allure of Jobs Before Indiana in particular and the Midwest in general became known as the rust belt, or a symbol of manufacturers’ decline in the 1980s, great …
Bibliography Anderson, Margo J. The American Census: A Social History. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1988. Byrd, Sam. The Plight of Mexican-American Students in Idaho’s Public Schools. In …
HISTORICAL OVERVIEW Ames, Iowa, home to Iowa State University, a land-grant institution, is an unlikely place to begin the history of Latinos in Iowa. Perhaps this could be said …
Latinos Adapt to a Changing Economy In the meantime, the economy of Indiana was undergoing substantial change. Jobs in manufacturing were decreasing, whereas those in services were increasing. Indiana …