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Reasons
Advantages
US/MX Relations
Consequences
Present Day Situation
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What did WWI cause

It caused a labor shortage in Agriculture

100

How much were braceros getting paid?

Minimum wage was fifty cents per hour, but not less than that.

100

1942

The contract was signed

100

Chamber of Commerce and the business community...

favored the commuters because they tended to spend more on the American side

100

Changes today..?

People are able to work with a visa, yet their time is being limited

Some visas are not being renewed

200

What was one of the reasons for Mexicans to want to work as a Bracero

The Mexican Revolution, people living in poverty

200

To Work or not to Work?

Were given jobs, got paid, and were able to return to see their family

200

What was created between the US and Mexico  for this event to have happened?

They created a contract, known as Public Law 78, enacted in 1951

200

Baracks, low wages, abuse and sanitization of workers

consequences of being a bracero

200

Who was the feathered serpent?

the God Quetzalcoatl

300

What type of expansion was occurring in the U.S. during WWI?

The establishment of the railroads and the development of a number of industries as well as an economic expansion.

300

Were they protected from discrimination?

that was one of the stipulations, yet it was never respected

300

1945

WW II ended, men began to return home

300

Ay! Canadian...?

They entered thru Detroit and were skilled at industrial jobs, therefore they were part of the unions, and their wages were higher
300

Who was the last leader of the Aztecs

Who was Cuauhtémoc

400

Reason for men to be needed in the US during the 1940s?

World War II, lack of men working in the rudimentary labor force

400

What was a mordida?

A bribery that helped to obtain permits to enter the program
400

program used during WWII that began after the Mexican Revolution

Bracero program

400

Disappearance of "open  border"

Border Patrol got established in 1924

400

Who was Huitzilopochtli? 

God of War

500

What were the three main events that brought about the Bracero Program?

The effects of the Mexican Revolution, WWI, the Great Depression, and WWII
500

How did it help the US?

Gave a boost to the American agriculture and helped American farm workers to work as a family-unit.

500
After the war came to an end, these would cross the border on a daily basis to work...

They were called commuters

500

People stayed behind

Population exploded, illegal immigration increased and eventually many were apprehended during "Operation Wetback"

500

Civilization that left behind large heads

Olmec