1. 27-4: The Other America

2. Problem decaying cities
Causes:
“White Flight”
Suburbanization
Remaining city residents poorer than those who left
Loss of property and income taxes
Decrease in the quality of services
Solution offered:
Urban renewal: Plan to tear down decaying neighborhoods and build low cost housing.
2. Effects of Solution:
Rundown neighborhoods torn down
Cleared areas often not used for housing which leads a housing shortage

3. Problem: Discrimination against Mexican Americans
Causes:
Prejudice against Hispanics
Hard feelings toward Braceros who stayed to work in the U.S. after World War II
Illegal aliens escaping poor conditions in Mexico
3. Solution offered:
The creation of the American G.I. Forum, the Unity League of California, and voter registration groups in other states, the Asociacion Nacional Mexico-Americana, and the League of United Latin American Citizens
4. Effects of Solution:
California outlaws segregated classrooms for Mexican Americans
More Mexican Americans registered to vote and gained a stronger voice in politics

4. Problem: Economic Hardship for Native Americans
5. Causes
A termination policy adopted by the federal government
Thousands of Acres of tribal lands sold to developers
Solution offered:
The Bureau of Indian Affairs began a voluntary relocation program to help Native Americans find a place to lvice and work and to pay for moving and living expenses
Effects of Solution:
Only 35, 000 Native Americans relocated in the program
Many of them were unable to find jobs
The number of Native Americans on state welfare rolls soared

5. Terms Bracero: Farm workers who entered the U.S. from Mexico.
During World War II the Federal Government allowed these workers to enter the U.S. because of a shortage of farm workers, but we expected them to go back to Mexico after the war and many stayed illegally
Termination Policy: Federal Government decision to end federal responsibility (economic support) for native American tribes
It ended the reservation system and distributed tribal land among individual Native Americans