Hispanic Heritage

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  1. 3. Mexican American singer ____________________ Quintanilla-Pérez, was known as the “Queen of Tejano Music.”
  2. 5. Lin-Manuel____________________created the Broadway musicals Hamilton and In the Heights.
  3. 8. In 2009, Sonia ____________________ became the first Hispanic justice on the United States Supreme Court.
  4. 11. The discovery of Soviet nuclear missile sites in Cuba triggered the Cuban ____________________ Crisis in October 1962.
  5. 13. Under the _______________–Carter Treaties, the United States transferred control of the Canal to it's Central American owner on December 31, 1999.
  6. 15. Cuban American singer ____________________ Cruz was known as the “Queen of Salsa.”
  7. 16. Sandra____________________ wrote The House on Mango Street, a book about a young girl named Esperanza.
  8. 17. Puerto Rican baseball player Roberto ____________________ became the first Latino inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
  9. 18. The Spanish-speaking Caribbean island of ____________________ Rico was ceded to the United States under the Treaty of Paris in 1898.
  10. 19. The Treaty of ____________________ Hidalgo, signed in 1848, ended the Mexican-American War.
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  1. 1. Completed in 1914 under U.S. direction, the ____________________ Canal created a shipping route between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
  2. 2. During the American Revolution, Spanish military leader ____________________ de Gálvez helped the American cause by supplying the Continental Army and leading victories against British forces.
  3. 4. The failed CIA-backed invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles in April 1961 is known as the Bay of ____________________ invasion.
  4. 6. In 1993, Ellen ____________________ became the first Hispanic woman to travel to space.
  5. 7. Labor organizer ____________________ Huerta coined the slogan “¡Sí, se puede!”
  6. 8. In 1898, the United States fought against the ____________________ Empire.
  7. 9. Puerto Rican actress ____________________ Moreno won an Academy Award for playing Anita in the original film version of West Side Story.
  8. 10. Hispanic Heritage Month in the United States begins on September ____________________ and ends on October 15.
  9. 12. Beginning in 1942, the ____________________ Program brought Mexican workers to the United States on temporary labor contracts.
  10. 14. Under the Adams–Onís Treaty, signed in 1819, Spain agreed to cede ____________________ to the United States.