Visual Representation

Scott Vassalotti2/6/2015

University of Phoenix

Cultural group

• Mexican American is the cultural group that this visual representation represents.

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Important milestones

• The next few slides will go over important dates in history that impacted this culture. Some are looked as beneficial while others are not.

• It is important to see how American responded to the different cultures coming to America.

Important milestones

• 1968 was when the Bilingual Education Act, Title VII was passed.

• This was passed to help counteract the increasing number of dropouts among Hispanics (Immigration Timeline, 2012).

• 1986- Immigration Reform and Control Act is signed. This was sanctions placed on workers who hire illegal immigrants (Immigration Timeline, 2012).

Important Dates

• 1996- Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act is passed- Public assistance is limited to illegal immigrants (Immigration Timeline, 2012).

• 2002- Department of Homeland Security is created.

Important Milestones

• 2006- Bills passed in Congress that help pave the way for illegal immigrants working in America to become citizens.

• January 10, 2012- At lease 80 books are banned due to Arizona State Superintendent rules that a school violated a law that restricted teaching towards a specific ethnic group (Immigration Timeline, 2012).

Dream Act

• One of the major milestones was the passage of the Dream Act which allowed undocumented students to receive public aid and grants for education (Immigration Timeline, 2012).

Path to America

• There are lots of Mexican Americans in the United States since it boarders the country.

• California, Texas, and the southern part of the country are where most Mexican Americans live in America.

Path to America

• While coming to American can be looked at as an achievement, there are still a lot of challenges that Mexican Americans face.

• Poverty, lack of good schooling, and high drop out rates are problems that they face.

References

• Immigration Timeline. (2012). Retrieved February 6, 2015, from American History Online: http://online.infobase.com/HRC/LearningCenter/TimelineDetails/2?timelineId=2