1 2 we like them model immigrant A 4 Main Waves A United States involvement with Cuba pre 1960 A come in the 50 s Our Main Concern is Sugar a b c best producing sugar Iisland spain started putting taxes on that sugar and was mean to the people on the island Cuba Libre movement to make a nation people in Cuba wanted to kick out the Spanish 1 Spanish American War 1898 2 A B C D short war US won Cubans fear that the US would take over we agreed not to take them over we set up a puppet government Puppet Dictator a b c always a cuban but controlled by US let US come to havanna hang out like Las Vegas let americans buy land 1 Fulgencio Bastista US loves him Cubans hate him last puppet buying sugar plantation selling sugarto us with out a tax d Fidel Castro lead the movement to get rid of US Nationalistic Leader a E F 26th of July Movement 1958 1 kick out foreign in uence A at the time he isn t communist G H HE KICKS AMERICANS OUT Plans to divide land equally btwn the cubans b c Americans fear Communism a Why did they leave Socialist Communist Revolution 1 missle could reach from Cuba to DC Castro though socialist communist ideals are in line with his nationalist plans a the Rich in Cuba are afraid need to get out 1 Americans let Cubans come in 1960 still under the quota acts B First Wave of Cubans 1959 1962 a Money 1 2 Rich White Golden Exiles A B can t leave with the money because of communism b c d e where the planes took them Numbers 200 000 Location Miami Florida nothing at the time and Union City New Jersey 1 Cuban American Adjustment Act 1 2 Cuban Refugee Program 1 refugee status unlimited immigration given Permanent Residency rst step to citizenship series of loans that we allow cuban immigrants to get from the federal Gov A B gov says they can get a business started 1 2 billion are able to pay back theses loans back in 5 years 3 Back to Cuba 1962 1965 A problems with the US and the Middle Class Cubans a U S has the Bay of Pigs invasion and Cuban Missel Crisis 1 Cubans think lets get out B Second wave 1965 1975 a b c commercial ights provided by the U S government land in Cuba get as many cuban as possible leave have money can t bring it metizos lighter skinned not white Freedom Flights 1 2 Numbers 500 000 Location Miami where boats go 1 and cubans are already 2 and quickest ight receive refugee status do NOT receive loans or permanent residence 1 d e f g because there are Cubans in Miami that can help out the middle class Cubans A taken care of by each other 4 Back to Cuba 1968 1980 A Castro solidifying his communist tendencies redistribute the wealth a members of lower class are not happy feel they can t speak out disappear political prisons or killed 1 b Castro isn t letting people leave PEOPLE WANT TO ESCAPE c April 1980 Peruvuan Embassy a B thousands of people go to the embassy and declare they want to leave Cuba 1 2 being in embassy means you are technically in that country embassy says they have to leave them embassy to get out of Cuba they sit in the embassy Castro shuts off water stops food from coming in Starts to look bad in public eye Finally he realizes this Castro says they can go but only though one boat but someone needs to take them port open for a week 1 Marielitos group how immigrated at this time 1 Port of Mariel b c d e f refugee status A B dark skinned no money not skilled not what we expected a b c Castro makes speech you allowed me to empty my prisons a rapist murders and child molesters he lied but U S believed them 1 Represented in the lm Scareface stereotypes Cubans are all criminals b A mostpeople didn t know cubans were coming in before this lm this lm sets peoples ideas 125 000 C put in refugee camps not allowed permanent residence put in fenced in communities Cubans already here try to help them doesn t work 2 3 4 5 5 back to Cuba 1980 1990 A Fall of USSR a stop being communist end of Cold War no longer our Enemy 1 Castro doesn t have Russia to back him up he freaks out starts limiting Cubans rights people want to get to america B Fourth Wave Cuban Balseros rafters a b c d e f g Haitians given refugee status as well number 30 000 we don t want them Money poor Wasps mad Other Immigrants Mad Haitians not all rafters are Cubans 1 we don t know what to do with people as well thrown into horrible places like jails 1994 cuban Immigration Agreement 1 2 3 4 20 000 visas end refugee status promise to have a non welcoming we will send them back Wet feet Dry feet policy if a cuban reaches the land they can stay if the coast guard catches them on water they will be sent back to Cuba probs will be killed if sent back 6 Cuban Americans A Ethnic Enclave Little Havana Calle Ocho a largest besides germans Hialeah Coral Terrace Miami Lakes Kendall etc against jews right in the same place democrat B Voting Blocks republican a 1 why republicans 1 2 b C Culture a very patriotic very thankful money is changing Protestants Catholic 1 Education higher than any other hispanic group higher than most groups in some cases even higher than wasps Economics 1 as far as a group is concerned doing well b c D patriotic btu not necessarily assimilating
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