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Searched for gold and The Fountain of Youth Conquered Puerto Rico Discovered Florida Wounded in battle by a poisoned arrow and died
in Cuba Ponce, the 3rd largest city in Puerto Rico is named
after him
Juan Ponce de León
Born in 1466 in Tenochtitlán Ruler of the Aztec Empire Afraid of god named Quetzalcoatl Captured by Spaniards and ordered by Spaniards
to force his people to obey them; Aztecs refused to listen and stoned Montezuma to death
Montezuma II
Born in 1485 in Medellin (near Castile, Spain) Became Captain General of the Yucatán
expedition Befriended local Native Americans in Tabasco Captured Montezuma and used him to control
Aztecs Took over the Aztec Empire Died in Spain in 1547
Hernán Cortés
http://www.schooltube.com/video/33f88dcccb68d8465d
80/Severo-Ochoa
Born in 1905 Moved to Germany to study biochemistry Married Carmen Garcia Cobian in 1931 Head of Department of Medicine at the University of
Madrid Moved to United States and lived in New York City Earned the Nobel Prize in 1955 for discovering an
enzyme that enabled the formation of RNA (ribonucleic acid) in a test tube
Become a U.S. citizen in 1956 Returned to Spain in 1985 and died in 1993
Severo Ochoa
Born in Mexico Extremely intelligent Dedicated her life to learning—became a nun Studied over 4,000 books on theology, astronomy,
philosophy, literature, mathematics, painting, and music
Had conflict with the church for not wanting her to be educated and learn (not allowed for women)
Died during an epidemic while taking care of other sick nuns
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Born in 1753 in Mexico Was a priest In 1810 rang the church bell to call for a meeting;
delivered a famous speech “El Grito de Dolores” to encourage Mexicans to fight against the government
Used a banner of the Virgin of Guadalupe He was captured, removed from the priesthood
and executed He became a patriotic hero
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
He was born in 1783 in Venezuela Read famous writings that inspired him to want
independence for Hispanic South America Failed to liberate Venezueal…moved to Jamaica
and wrote the famous letter “Letter to Jamaica” Received money and weapons from Haiti and
returned to Venezuela for another revolution with 2,500 soldiers
Defeated the Spanish in 1819 Liberated Venezuela, Columbia, Peru and Bolivia Died in 1830
Simón Bolívar
Born in 1794 in Mexico Became a hero for stopping Spain’s attempt to re-
conquer Mexico Led an army into Texas Won at the Alamo and Goliad Was defeated and taken prisoner by Sam Houston Took over Mexico in 1841 Tricked President Polk into sending him to Mexico to
make Peace; took over Mexican army again and attacked the U.S.
Was president of Mexico 11 times Died blind and poor in Mexico in 1874
Antonio López de Santa
Anna
Born in San Antonio, TX He was of Mexican descent Led a band of Tejanos (Mexicans living in TX)
against Santa Anna’s army He fought at the Alamo Betrayed by a Mexican commander and disowned
by Texas Forced to choose between Mexican army or prison Died in 1890 in Mexico (felt betrayed by Texas
Anglos and never forgave them)
Juan Seguín
Born in 1853 in Havana, Cuba Led a movement for the independence of Cuba Famous writer-lived in Cuba, Spain, France,
Guatemala, New York Formed an invasion of Cuba to free it, died in
battle a month later Cuba achieved independence in 1902
Jose Martí
He is a painter from Mexico
Known for his mural paintings
Died before completing his most ambitious work
He was married to Frida Kahlo (another famous Mexican painter)
Diego Rivera
Famous Mexican painter
Married to Diego Rivera (another famous painter from Mexico)
In a bus accident at the age of 18 that left her disabled for life
Painted self portraits—mostly
Frida Kahlo
Born in Mexico in 1911 Plays the accordion Nickname El Huracán del Valle (The Hurricane
of the Valley—because of his fast playing) Became famous in Texas, San Franscisco,
Spain, and France Inducted into the Conjuto Music Hall of Fame Died in 1992
Narciso Martínez
Born in March 1927 near Arizona His parents were Mexican-American migrants Started the Farm Workers Association (now
known as the National Farm Workers Association/NFWA)
Joined in with grape growers in a protest/used sit-ins and non-violent marches
Five years of protesting (including not buying grapes)
Died in 1993
César Chávez
Born in Bolivia in 1930 Taught math for 12 years in Bolivia Moved to California with his wife in 1963 He spoke no English; He went to night school for
7 years and received a degree in Mathematics Taught at a school with 98% Latino population Started an AP Calculus class Film made about him called “Stand and Deliver” Retired from teaching in 1998
Jaime Escalante
Born in Puerto Rico in 1934 A baseball player Joined a major league team at the age of 17 Had a great throwing arm and fielding skills He was a key part of his team, The Pirates,
winning the championship in 1971 He hit is 3,000th base hit in 1972 (when I was
born )And on his way to bring supplies to people in
Nicaragua (they suffered and earthquake) his plane crashed and he and four others were killed
He was the first Latino to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame
Roberto Clemente
Born in August 1944 in Puerto Rico Was hospitalized for two weeks as a child from a
sever medical condition-made her want to go into medicine
Received a degree from The University of Puerto Rico and moved with her husband to Michigan in 1970
She was appointed U.S. Surgeon General in 1989 She fought to improve the health of Americans Focused on groups that were often neglected:
children, women, and minorities Left the position of Surgeon General in 1993
Antonia Novello
Born in 1947 in Los Angeles Father was Mexican and mother was Mexican-
American Graduated from high school in 1965 Received an AA degree in sociology Was afraid to speak in public; enrolled in
drama class Now famous actor (received and Emmy award
for Miami Vice-the television show
Edward James Olmos
Born in Autlán de Navarro, Mexico in 1947 Father was a mariachi violinist Santanna like the rock and blues music on the
radio Moved to San Fransisco and started a band The band became famous for the unique style
of music He won 8 Grammy awards Inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Carlos Santana
Born Havana, Cuba
Moved to Miami with parents in 1960
Started early in politics (taking after her father)
Elected as a state legislature, a senator, and eventually into congress
First Cuban-American woman to be voted into congress
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
She is a writer and poet
Born in Chicago
Mexican father and Mexican-American mother
The House on Mango Street was her first book
Active spokesperson for the Latino community
Sandra Cisneros
She is a famous golfer Learned from her father Practiced golf since she was 8 years old Played on the boys team in high school Lost her mom during her first golfing tour She is very active in the Hispanic community Youngest golfer to be inducted into the LPGA
Hall of Fame
Nancy Lopez
First Latina to travel into space
Plays the flute (accomplished flutist)
Born in Los Angeles in 1958
She was one of the 23 people chosen out of 1, 945 applications to become an astronaut
Has logged in over 1,000 hours in space
Ellen Ochoa
Famous Tejano singer
Played in a group with her brother and sister
First female latina to cross over into American music
Died at 24-shot by her manager
Still very popular (movie about her)
Selena Quintanilla
Perez