Puerta Rico
The US invaded Puerto Rico to gain control over commodities such as sugar, as well as this.
What is Political influence?
The Italian Mafia came to power in this decade.
What are the 1920s?
This drug took over in 1985
What is crack?
School teachers would describe Italian students as this.
What is slow and unwilling to learn?
These were the people who first colonized the land in Harlem
What are Dutch settlers?
Jibaros became these after the US invasion
What are plantation workers?
Leaving Italian shops alone during riots is a show of this.
What is the fear of the Italian Mafia?
This created the economy for speakeasies in the early 20th century.
What is Prohibition?
People's perception of halem over time is this.
What is constant?
This year marked the last Indigenous people being removed from Harlem's land
Jibaros are viewed as a symbol of this by Puerto Ricans
What is resilience and self-respect?
Italian children would do this for the mobsters in movies during the 20s.
What is cheer?
These were the 3 major drugs sold by the Italian mob in the late 19th century.
What are Opium, Cocaine, and Morphine?
This is a common observation of the streets and buildings in Harlem
What is dirty?
After the bloody skirmishes, but before German and Irish immigrants, these people inhabited Harlem
What are the wealthy?
Puerto Ricans became this following their migration to the mainland.
What are factory and sweatshop workers?
This was what prompted Italian immigration initially
What is the Irish railway strike?
This was the drug sold by Ray before Crack.
What is Cannabis?
This started the change from wealthy houses to the ghetto in Harlem.
What is public transit?
Mass immigration to the mainland started in these decades.
What are the 30s and 40s?
He was the last major Mafia boss in Harlem
This is the price that a kilo of cocaine fell to in the 80s
What is $15,000?
In the 1890s New York was home to large amounts of this many nationalities