Genoveva Gil

CULTURAL ISSUES: (The ways

customs and traditions of people
influenced the developments of a
particular cultural event.)
-The because El Paso is a frontier of
Mexico we have lots of immigrants
and before Diana Natalicio became
president of UTEP (1976) the
economy went up leading to 80% of
new jobs. During the decade of Diana
Natalicio the population of the city
was 425,259 people. This had gone
up by the end of the decade.

GEOGRAPHICAL INFLUENCES: (The

difference time and place made in a
particular historical event.)
-During this decade many things
changed. If you lived in this era you
would have seen and experience
many things. Such as the opening of
the Franklin Mountain Park as well as
the construction of the tallest
building other things included the
establishing of the Mujer Obra Labor
Group.

IDEAS AND VALUES: (The ways people

involved in a particular historical
event thought about life.)
-The year that the president of UTEP
(Diana Natalicio) was given the job
Sunland Park Mall was opened. I year
before that the Sun Metro Pass Transit
System became active. On 1983 the
Kayser building was constructed and
is now known as the 4th tallest
building in El Paso. 3 years before
that the El Paso museum of
Archeology was opened all of this
help El Paso that by the end of the
decade the population had gone up
to 515,342 people. The city had
begun to grow and the university was
growing with it.

SOCIAL ISSUES: (The ways people

involved in a particular historical
event related to each other)
-In 1986 military personnel made up
one-fourth of the city's population
and accounted for one out of every
five dollars flowing through El Paso's
economy. Textiles, tourism, the
manufacture of cement and building
materials, the refining of metals and
petroleum, and food processing were
El Paso's major industries in 1980,
with wholesale and retail
tradespeople accounting for 23.3
percent of the local work force,
professionals 20.8 percent, and
government employees 20.9 percent.
In 1980 the population was
predominantly Hispanic.

Diana Natalicio