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Mexic an Immigration

Mexic an Immigration. Reasons for Mexican Immigration. Between 1850 and 1880, 55,000 Mexican workers immigrated to the United States to become field hands in regions that had, until very recently, belonged to Mexico commercial agriculture, the mining industry, light industry and the railroad

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Mexic an Immigration

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  1. Mexican Immigration

  2. Reasons for Mexican Immigration • Between 1850 and 1880, 55,000 Mexican workers immigrated to the United States to become field hands in regions that had, until very recently, belonged to Mexico • commercial agriculture, the mining industry, light industry and the railroad • working conditions and salaries of the Mexicans were poor • 1883- Chinese Exclusion Act, railroad companies search for alternative sources of cheap labor • Mexican workers are increasingly recruited • 60% of railway working crews Mexican • 1910- Mexican Revolution • Thousands of Mexicans flee across the border for safety

  3. Reasons for Mexican Immigration • 1917- World War I • U.S. labor force was overseas fighting the war • 1924- Largely due to a lack of immigration quotas, more than 89,000 Mexicans came into the United States on permanent visas, making 1924 the peak year for Mexican immigration. • World War II • 1942- The Bracero program begins, allowing Mexican nationals to temporarily work in the United States – primarily in the agricultural industry. • 4 million Mexican farm workers came to work the fields of the United States

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