Sociology 3321F/G Lecture Notes - Mariel Boatlift, Cuban Americans, Fidel Castro

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Cuban americans: cuban americans are the third-largest latino group in the united states. Like puerto ricans, this group has its roots in an important caribbean island, cuba, an island with more than a century of close ties to the united states. Nineteenth century wars of independence brought the first immigrants to the. Most were from cuba"s middle and working classes. Philadelphia, and boston, but most settled in florida because of its proximity to cuba and its climate. 1873, cubans were the majority of the population in key west, florida: when cuba finally won its independence, many returned home. Us where they had established homes and held jobs. Theses early cuban americans made major contributions to their adopted homeland; they organized florida"s first labor union and established key. West"s first fire department and bilingual school: early cuban exiles lobbied for official u. s. support of cuba"s liberation from spain. Initially, the u. s. government supported continuing spanish rule of cuba.

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