1900-1950
The movement that encouraged immigrants to assimilate and denounce their culture
What is Americanization?
What was the Bracero Program?
Mexican Farm Labor Supply Program brought an annual average of 350,000 Mexican agricultural workers into the United States.
What salsa artist was famously sky rocketing in popularity during this time period?
Celia Cruz
What does UMD stand for?
the organization "United We Dream"
This Colombian pop star, known for her bilingual global hits, shocked the world by performing at the 2010 World Cup.
Shakira
The Mexican activist who created the League of Mexican Women
Who is Jovita Idar?
First Latina Oscar winner
Rita Moreno
When was National Hispanic Heritage Month officially created?
1989 by LBJ
The first Hispanic supreme court justice
Who is Sonia Sotomayor?
The famous singer who composed "Como la Flor"
Who is Selena Quintanilla?
The monumental court case which deemed segregating Mexican-Americans into separate schools unconstitutional
What is Mendez v. Westminster?
Hernandez v Texas
What was the immigration reform and control act of 1986?
Penalized employers who knowingly hire undocumented workers.
When was The Dream Act passed into law?
Trick question! The Dream Act was proposed but never passed.
Are there more Latinos of Mexicans or Puerto Rican nationality in the United States territory?
Mexican (although PR is U.S territory!)
A rising subculture and style for women that symbolized modernity, feminism, and immodesty
What are flappers/pelonas?
What year was the birth of "Si se puede"?
1962
What was the most popular boy's name for a Latino in the 1980s'?
What was SB 1070?
Agents permitted to detain anyone who "seemed" undocumented and Hispanic and ask them for citizenship.
What's Bad Bunny's real name?
Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio
The president who supported Americanization efforts
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
When was the term "Hispanic" created?
1970
What Latina brought a flute into space, taking Hispanic music to new heights?
Dr. Ellen Ochoa
The percentage of Hispanic children who graduate from college with a bachelors degree in 2016
What is 59.2%?
How many Hispanic families reported not sending their children to school during the spike in ICE raids in 2026?
10%