From 1929-1939 Mexicans and Mexican Americans [citizens of the U.S.] were deported. According to the book, Decade of Betrayal, about 2 million Mexican and Mexican-Americans were deported. This represented 1/3 of the Mexican population in the US during the period of 1929-1939. Of the 2 million deported, it has been estimated that 60-75% were US citizens and US legal residents.
In reference to The Great Depression, many Americans blamed President Herbert Hoover for their difficulties during the early 1930s. Many felt he underestimated the severity of the financial crisis, and did little to help those hit hardest by the depression.
War time labor shortages in the u.s.
During this period, African Americans faced systemic racism, including segregation, disenfranchisement, and violence, particularly in the Jim Crow South. Mexican Americans often experienced discrimination through labor exploitation, cultural marginalization, and segregation in schools and public facilities. Asian Americans faced exclusionary laws, such as the Chinese Exclusion Act, and widespread social prejudice, leading to internment during World War II for Japanese Americans. Together, these groups struggled against a backdrop of institutional racism and socio-economic inequalities.
No, there were no mexican slaves during the war. There is no history book in the world that states that a mexican was enslaved and forced to work for an american.
Many thought Mexican Americans were taking jobs and welfare money from white Americans.
Many thought Mexican Americans were taking jobs and welfare money from white Americans.
discriminatory practices worsened during the great depression.
From 1929-1939 Mexicans and Mexican Americans [citizens of the U.S.] were deported. According to the book, Decade of Betrayal, about 2 million Mexican and Mexican-Americans were deported. This represented 1/3 of the Mexican population in the US during the period of 1929-1939. Of the 2 million deported, it has been estimated that 60-75% were US citizens and US legal residents.
Mexicans.
discriminatory practices worsened during the great depression.
discriminatory practices worsened during the great depression.
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What did some americans question during the great depression?
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There are many Americans who were alive during the depression.
The Great Depression really didn't impact immigrants to the US as a separate group, because immigration had been severly restricted after 1920.