Chapter 6: Revolution and Reform

A Student’s Guide to Essential Primary Sources
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Chapter 6 Revolution and Reform
Hispanics Push for Economic Rights and Civil Liberties
LULAC
The Seeds of Revolution
Puerto Rican Nationalism
The Rise of Militancy
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Abstract

Worker shortages and economic growth in the United States in the first two decades of the 1900s prompted a growing number of migrants from Mexico and Central America. Most sought to work for a time and then return to their home countries. Companies in the United States encouraged temporary workers (also known as “guest workers”) because they were often willing to take less pay than U.S. citizens and could be made to work longer hours in worse conditions. The U.S. government also supported Mexican guest workers.

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