Hispanic Heritage English Flashcards Pt. 1

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What was the name of the meeting in 1927 in Harlingen, Texas where Mexican Americans and Mexican nationalists met to discuss organizing against racial discrimination?

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El Comité Provisional Organizador Pro-Raza

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A veteran of four space flights, she is the first Hispanic woman in space. Who is she?

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Ellen Ochoa

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What Supreme Court case declared that Mexican Americans and all other racial groups had equal protection under the 14th Amendment?

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Hernandez v. Texas

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Name the Latina judge named to the country’s highest court.

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Judge Sonia Sotomayor

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Name the Spanish-American physician and biochemist, and joint winner of the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

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Dr. Severo Ochoa

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Who was the first Costa Rican Hispanic astronaut?

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Franklin Chang-Diaz

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Who was the first Hispanic to represent Texas in the U.S. Congress?

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Henry B. Gonzalez

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Who was the first immigrant to receive the Medal of Honor, the United States highest military decoration?

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Macario Garcia

Front

What did the Incans use as a system of writing?

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Knotted colored cords

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What is the name of the Mexican-American lead singer of a 1960s and early 1970s band whose sounds featured melodic, blues-based guitar lines set against Latin and African rhythms?

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Carlos Santana