In 1950, one in __ Americans were Latino. According to the documentary, by 2050, one in __ Americans will be Latino.
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The Latin music from the 1950s featured a fusion of ____ -Cuban rhythms with jazz sometimes thrown in.
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Desi Arnaz was a Cuban singed who married comedienne Lucille Ball. They would later star in the television comedy "_____"
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_____ was the breakout star of Westside Story and many other films. Westside Story eventually won ___ Oscars, including one for her performance as a supporting actress.
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Describe Rita Moreno's struggle in Holly wood.
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In the 1960s, many Mexican-American musicians played rock music and adopted _________ to conceal their Hispanic ancestry.
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According to José Feliciano, he started out with "strikes" against him because he was born ____, ____, and ____. He would go on the write "________," a song that remains wildly popular to this day.
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The popularity of ____'s music in the 1970s showed America's renewed interest in songs with Latin influence.
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By 1970, the Latino population of the US had increased by ___ % compared to 1950
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____ and ____ were a popular comic duo during the 1970s.
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_____ was a Cuban salsa star who relocated to the United States. She broke the New York salsa scene wide open with her group the Fania All-Stars.
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_____ and the Miami Sound Machine crossed over into pop music with the hit "Conga," a fusion of pop and Latin rhythms. They went on to win ____ Grammies.
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What caused an influx of Cuban people into the United States?
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The biopic La Bamba starred Lou Diamond Phillips and told the story of the short life of _______. It breathed new popularity into the song mentioned in the title.
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President ________ signed an immigration reform bill giving amnesty to millions of Latinos in the United States.
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_____ was known as the Queen of Tejano. Right at the verge of her crossover into the English-language music market, she was killed at the age of ___.
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______ started out in the boy band Menudo in the 1980s. His career saw a resurgence in the late 1990s when he performed a song in English at _______.
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_____ is a Puerto Rican singer that had a speech impediment as a child and found his voice in music.
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_______'s breakout role was portraying Selena in the biographical film of the same name.
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____ collaborated with Gloria Estefan to craft an English-language album. By 2006, she'd become an international superstar known for the song "_______."
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In the year 2000, Latinos became America's largest group of _____.
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Cuban-American rapper _____ "brought the streets of Miami to the heart of American music." His video for "_____" was the most watched video on YouTube in 2009.
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From a political standpoint, Latinos are the fastest-growing group of _____ in the United States.
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_____ has sold out Yankee Stadium multiple nights in a row. He's often called the King of _____, a style of romantic music originating in the Dominican Republic. He's collaborated with hip-hop stars like ___ and ____.