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1) What social and economic issues were affecting Puerto Rico that prompted the PRRA and PRERA programs? Before the Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration (PRRA) and the Puerto Rico Emergency Relief Administration (PRERA) got implemented, Puerto Rico was going through social and economic issues. Some issues include: the hurricane that hit the island and the United States going through the Great Depression. The economy was also changing to a sugar focused market. 2) How then-Senator Luis Muñoz Marín used his influence to address worker rights issues and include Puerto Rico under the New Deal? Firstly, Luis Muñoz Marin was a populist, talking to locals and asking them what they needed. Then, after understanding the workers' struggles, he used his connections in Washington to command the incorporation of Puerto Ricans into the New Deal. 3) What is the Partido Popular Democrático (PPD), and what was the party's agenda? The Partido Popular Democrático (PPD) was a party founded by Luis Muñoz Marin who aimed for social justice, agrarian, and economic reform. Unlike the other parties, the PPD focused on Puerto Ricans and their needs focused all while being “confident that independence would be obtained through collaboration and with the political and economic support of the United States.” (The PPD and Social Reform, p180) 4) What is the Plan Chardon, and who were the people involved in its creation? Governor Tugwell and Carlos Chardón collaborated and created the Plan Chardón. This program sought to dimmish the high unemployment rates, end the land monopoly (absentee corporations), lessen the flow of earnings and dividends to the United States of America. 5) Who is Teodoro Moscoso?
Besides being a trained pharmacist, Teodoro Moscoso was the head of the government (Operation Bootstraps) program to attract investors from the United States. Moscoso argued private enterprise as the natural and most adequate form of economic development. 6) What is Operation Bootstraps? Operation Bootstraps is a program implanted onto Puerto Rico in the mid-1940s-1960s. The program mainly focused on the economic of the island by offering tax incentives, infrastructure, and offering low wages to American companies. 7) Which is the main phase of Operation Bootstraps? For Operation Bootstraps, the economic phase was the main phase. It allowed the settlement of American companies onto the island. American companies received tax initiatives and infrastructure, all while creating jobs for Puerto Ricans. 8) What kind of impact did the program trigger? Operation Bootstraps triggered an out-migration of Puerto Ricans to the United States of America, especially New York City. The program also caused the sterilization and the implementation of the pill onto Puerto Rican women.
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