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MexicanosPart 6
By:Ysabel Medina
Ch. 6 The Depression
Urbanization
•Many Mexican immigrants migrated to cities for work. •Los Angeles• 2nd largest Mexican population by 1930•Barrio life•Midwest• Near railroads•Most dense in Chicago
Repatriation•1/3 of Mexicans returned to Mexico during the Depression•Racism•Nativism•The “Mexican Element”•Biggest decline was in the southwest•Loss of jobs or deportation
Labor Strife
• The Depression worsen labor conditions
• Intensive labor on farms, in mines, in factories and on railroads
• Emilio Zamora• Unions
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