For decades, the U.S. federal government strenuously tried to force Puerto Ricans to adopt English, to the extent of making them use English as the primary language of instruction in their high schools. It was completely unsuccessful, and retreated from that policy in 1948. Puerto Rico was able to maintain its Spanish language, culture, and identity because the relatively small, densely populated island was already home to nearly a million people at the time of the U.S. takeover, all of those spoke Spanish, and the territory was never hit with a massive influx of millions of English speakers like the vast territory acquired from Mexico 50 years earlier. COUNT 5
QSN1 Did America try to make Puerto Rico an English speaking territory? ANS1 U.S. federal government strenuously tried to force Puerto Ricans to adopt English QSN2 How did America try to make Puerto Rico's language English? ANS2 making them use English as the primary language of instruction in their high schools. QSN3 Was English in Puerto Rico successful? ANS3 It was completely unsuccessful, QSN4 Does Puerto Rico have many English speaking residents? ANS4 the territory was never hit with a massive influx of millions of English speakers like the vast territory acquired from Mexico 50 years earlier. QSN5 How did Puerto Rico stay a Spanish speaking territory? ANS5 Puerto Rico was able to maintain its Spanish language, culture, and identity because the relatively small, densely populated island