Spanish in the United States

(2011). Spanish heritage language programs: A snapshot of current programs in the Southwestern United States. Foreign Language Annals, 44, 321-337. doi: 10.1111/j.1944-9720.2011.01137.x Hispanic students have become the second-largest minority student population after the African American students in the United States. Most of this population have distributed in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah. This study aims to provide a snapshot of Spanish…

think that just because both regions Mexico and Puerto Rico speak the same language they are very similar. Well, they are but they also have a lot of differences as well. Mexicans and Puerto Ricans make up two of the largest speaking groups in the United States. Although the two cultures have lots in common, for many years there has been much animosity between the them. There are resentments due to illegal immigration, crimes, and collective judgement from non-Latinos that assume both…

Wetback, Spic, and Beaner, whether American or not. They also have many stereotypes against them such as lazy, machismos, drunks and many more. One of the main reasons they are discriminated against is because of their illegal immigration into the United States. Mexicans were left no choice but to cross illegally to seek a better life, because of the cost and many obstacles it made it difficult to become a citizen. Often they were forced to work physically demanding jobs for less pay due to…

different languages (English, Hindi, Telugu), but I am still interested in taking courses that will help me become a fluent speaker in another language, like Spanish. I have taken Spanish classes in high school, and I am very excited to continue my study of Spanish at the College of Charleston. I would like to receive a minor degree in Spanish at the College of Charleston to enhance my competitiveness in the job-seeking world, connect with people from different cultural backgrounds and to…

Britain and later the United States became Latin America's main trading partners. Latin America's economy continued to depend on their main exports. The development of the steamship and building of railroads greatly…

Philippine-American War concluded five years ago, and the United States’ promise to free the Philippines has failed. When America first decided to engage in battle against Spain, the Philippines were fully supportive, for they believed they would gain freedom. The United States pledged the Filipinos that they would gain independence after Spain was defeated. First we promise the Philippines independence, then we kill around 20,000 of their people. The United States had no right to take the…

be encountered in these Spanish colonies: Africans, European Spanish, and the Natives. The Natives existed in the colonies long before Columbus and his peers discovered, explored, and claimed them. The Spanish arrived to impose Spanish rule and oversee resource production and distribution. The African peoples were brought in after it was determined that the indigenous population was unfit for large-scale slave labor. As these peoples mixed, so did their cultures. Spanish who refrained from…

As the Spanish-American War raged, the Philippines underwent a revolution against Spanish colonial rule for independence. However, at the end of the war, the Philippines was ceded to America, angering the Filipino people. Meanwhile, the American government had their own plan for the future of the Philippines. They passed a series of acts that would apply to the Philippines and her government. The American government only acquired the Philippines due to the aftermath of the Spanish-American War…

The United States intervened with Spain because of the explosion of the Maine in Havana and because the Spanish treated the Cubans horribly. At first the United States attempted to settle matters peacefully by negotiating a contract between Cuba and Spain. However, they did not come to a consensus because Spain wanted Cuba to be part of the Spanish empire, but the Cubans wanted full independence. The United States ended up getting pulled in the conflict, and eventually took the Cuban’s side…

and even centuries of wars and conflicts. Two wars that are noteworthy in a discussion are the Spanish American war and the Spanish civil war. The Spanish American war was the outcome of Cuba fighting for independence from Spain, which the United States had investments on the island and the sinking of a U.S. ship named USS Maine. After three years of Cuba natives fighting with Spain, both United States and Spain presented wants and demands with little to no outcome with the U.S. wanting Cuba…