Latino Americans Episode 2 Empire of Dreams Video Guide: Cuba, Puerto Rico, Mexi

The second documentary episode is AMAZING. It intersects interviews of real people with their family stories and the history behind Latino Americans' start in the U.S. This has 45 questions with the answers. It is an incredibly detailed video guide.

*Can also be used as a take home video guide handout.

Topics include:

Cuba , the U.S., and sugar

The Spanish-American War

Puerto Rico

Immigration to Harlem, NY

Mexican revolt against President Diaz

Mexicans move North

The Great Depression and deportation of Mexican Americans

Puerto Rico as a commonwealth

"LATINO AMERICANS is a landmark three-part, six-hour documentary series....It is the first major documentary series for television to chronicle the rich and varied history and experiences of Latinos, who have helped shape the United States over the last 500-plus years and have become, with more than 50 million people, the largest minority group in the U.S." - PBS

From PBS' Latino Americans site:

Episode Descriptions

II. Empire of Dreams (1880-1942)

Widespread immigration to the U.S. from Latin countries begins – first with a small group from Cuba, then a larger one from Mexico. Both flee chaos and violence in their home country and are attracted by opportunities in the United States. In 1898, the U.S. helps liberate Cuba and Puerto Rico from Spain but then seizes Puerto Rico as its colony. The first Puerto Rican arrivals (now U.S. citizens) establish a network in New York.

Juan Salvador Villaseñor whose story is told by his son, Victor, flees the violence of the Mexican revolution of 1910, along with his mother and two sisters. We follow Juan Salvador's story; first through a grueling journey and poverty, then as a bootlegger, and finally as a successful businessman along with his wife and children in the United States.

During the 1920s, immigration is encouraged with the expanding U.S. economy. Mexicans and Mexican Americans build a thriving community in Los Angeles and look forward to a bright future. But when the economic boom of that 1920s ends with the catastrophic Depression of the thirties, the pendulum swings. Immigrants encouraged to immigrate in the 20s are deported en masse in the 30s. Emilia Castaneda loses her home and her family when she and her father and brother are deported to Mexico, despite the fact that Emilia and her brother are U.S. citizens. Puerto Ricans, also caught in the depths of the Depression, rebel against U.S. rule on the Island, and eventually gain Commonwealth status from the U.S. Government.

View Below for Video Guides to Other Episodes in Series!

Episode One: Foreigners in Their Own Land

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Latino-Americans-Episode-1-Foreigners-in-Their-Own-Land-Video-Guide-Latino-Hist-2619114

Episode Two: Empire of Dreams

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Latino-Americans-

Episode-2-Empire-of-Dreams-Video-Guide-Latino-History-2720989

Episode Three: War and Peace

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Latino-Americans-Episode-3-War-and-Peace-Video-Guide-Latino-History-2721188

Episode Four: New Latinos

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Latino-Americans-Episode-4-New-Latinos-Video-Guide-2722643

Episode Five: Prejudice and Pride:

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Latino-Americans-Episode-5-Prejudice-Pride-Video-Guide-Work-Rights-Chicano-2726418

Episode 6: Pride and Peril:

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Latino-Americans-Episode-6-Peril-Promise-Video-Guide-UndocumentedIllegal-2726556

Images from: http://www.pbs.org/latino-americans/en/