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Policies Affecting Puerto Ricans on the Mainland
| 1898 | Treaty of Paris - Spain ceded Puerto Rico to the United States as part of the agreement ending the Spanish-American War |
| 1900 | Foraker Act made Puerto Rico an unincorporated territory of the United States cans eligible for the draft; allowed both houses of the Puerto Rican legislature to be chosen through popular election, but the governor and other top-ranking officials were still appointed |
| 1932 | Puerto Rican Reconstruction Administration |
| 1947 | Jones Act amended-popular election of Puerto Rican governor |
| 1952 | Puerto Rico established as a U.S. commonwealth (free associated state) |
| 1965 | Voting Rights Act |
| 1968 | Bilingual Education Act (Amendment to title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965) [Back] |
