Thursday, September 25, 2008

Discussion Questions

Here are my questions for discussion tomorrow on Wednesday's reading: The Growth of the Puerto Rican Community in New York

- Why did so many Puerto Ricans migrate to New York City and other cities on the East Coast during the Great Migration? How did the eastern section of Harlen get to be called "El Barrio"?

- Why was the Hermandad Puertorriqueno en America founded and what was its purpose? What influences did it have on the Puerto Rican Community?

- How did hte Plan Chardon form and what kinds of proposals did it have?

- What two major developments started to overtake the political arena between Puerto Rico and the U.S. during the 1930's?

- What were the Populares seeking to achieve when they revived the Estado Libre Asociado (Commonwealth) and what ended up happening?

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