Spanish in the United States

However, the reasons of why families decide to immigrate to the United States usually include to live a better life for the children. While the family is excited to immigrate to the place with better opportunities, there is a positive attitude the family is using all together. However when the family is acculturating together, some issues may arise. One of them is acculturation gap, which is caused by the parents acculturating at a slower rate than their children (Tummala-Narra &…

strain . The reason Spanish flu was so devastating when compared to other flu strains, was due to this strain being new to humans and thus population have not developed natural resistance to it. It is hypothesized that the reason this strain was new to humans is because it has crossed from birds to swine to humans . Conservative estimates from United States Department of Health and Human services estimated the worldwide death toll to be 30-50 million with the death toll in Unites States being…

multitude of challenges when they migrate to the United States of America. In her novel How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accents, Julie Alvarez narrates the difficulties of growing up bicultural in the United States. As narrated in A Regular Revolution, Julia Alvarez tells the story of the Garcia family who migrates to New York and the struggles they face once they arrive. The Garcia girls were born in the Dominican Republic and moved to the United States as children. All the struggles they face…

Spain. An excellent general and an interesting and well-liked politician, he not only drove the Spanish from northern South America but also was of great help in the early childhood of the republics that sprang up once the Spanish had gone. His later years are marked by the collapse of his grand dream of a united South America. He is remembered as "The Liberator," the man who freed his home from Spanish rule. Bolivar was born in Caracas (present-day Venezuela) in 1783 to a very rich family. At…

turned six when I finally learned how to pronounce my C’s and R’s in Spanish. This took a long year of speech therapy, which was enjoyable, albeit strange. I remember that one of the exercises employed licking jelly off my face, which somehow did aid my progress. I overcame my impediment thanks to that therapy and it allowed me to better communicate with my family.…

within the Hispanic and Latino groups. Mexican being the largest is comprised of 31.8 million; make up about 10% of the United States’ total population. Puerto Ricans on the other hand only have about 3 million living on United States’ mainland. Puerto Ricans are different from Mexicans in numerous ways, but a major factor is the fact that Puerto Ricans are citizens of the United States. The island of Puerto Rico consists of only 3.2…

Mexico is located between the United States and Central America. It’s known for its Pacific and Gulf of Mexico beaches. One popular beach is the Orange Beach, when you think about this beach they said think about Myrtle Beach. It’s also known for its diverse landscape of Mountains, Jungles, and deserts. You would think Mexico wouldn’t have any jungles, just all deserts. Mexico has many cities, but the capital is Mexico City. The population is more than 8 million people that was as of 2010. Some…

for children. In 1894, Kipling wrote his most famous novel, The Jungle Book. Kipling continued to write stories, then in 1897 the Kipling’s left America and returned to England, and soon celebrated the birth of his son, John. America entered the Spanish-American war in 1898 and the war ended in August of 1898, Kipling wrote the poem “A White Man’s Burden” in 1899, after Josephine died of influenza and Kipling’s writings focused more on politics . The poem appeared to take on a satirical attitude…

five areas are; the physical environment, the economy, the social structure, the political structure, and the belief system. Many countries in Latin America have a similar culture, however they differ slightly by region, country, and provinces or states within those countries (Watson,…

Throughout Spanish Latin America, the transition from a colony to a nation-state (1820s-1850s) was very extensive, complex, and at various times a brutal process. The former Spanish America split into more than a dozen separate countries, following the administrative divisions of the colonial system. The difficulty for the inhabitants of these administrative units was not, however, as simple as the division of geographic boundaries. Rather, the recently emancipated countries of Latin America…