Latino Experience in the US
The Dominican Republic was considered to have a stable economy, immigration of its citizens was unheard and the Dominican peso to be at par with the US dollar. Dominican seldom left their homeland. In the 1960s we saw a mass immigration of Dominican people to the United States. What caused this great exodus? What were the socio/political conditions in the Dominican Republic that prompted this change? What role did the USA play in this change? What were the push and pull factors? (25 points) (Discuss the history before and after and US involvement).