Answer:
The confirmation of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court has stirred a wide sense of pride among Puerto Ricans. But some the roots of that Puerto Rican pride, many would argue, took hold 40 years ago this summer, with the founding in New York City of the Young Lords, a group that used confrontational tactics to bring services and attention to the residents of East Harlem, or El Barrio, and beyond.
The young men (and a handful of women) — a half-generation older than Ms. Sotomayor — deployed attention-grabbing strategies to draw attention to social inequality. They piled garbage on Third Avenue and set it ablaze. They took over a church and ran a free children’s breakfast program. They seized hospital equipment and moved it to where it was needed most. They went through neighborhoods testing for lead paint poisoning and tuberculosis.
Explanation:
Answer: D) They helped meet labor shortages for industry.
The braceros program was an agreement between Mexico and the U.S to recruit more than 300,000 Mexicans to work low-paying agricultural jobs in the United States.
Although they did help run the railroads for the transportation of agricultural products, they did not produce more automobiles, therefore B is not the answer. Moreover, people were not hired to produce new varieties of vegetables nor was irrigation introduced by them, ruling out option A and C. The answer is D. Mexicans were brought to the U.S to help meet labor shortages for the agricultural industry, as there were not enough people working in it at the time.
Answer:
Written by Ptahhotep, and written 2300 BCE.
Explanation:
"- Ptahhotep, ca. 2300 BCE"
You've not attached any options to choose. But I've found what you need. Here are 3 statements:
Black citizens were denied access to the same public facilities as whites
Marriages between white and nonwhite citizens were forbidden.
Nonwhite citizens were required to carry identification papers with them at all times.