Mexican Immigration in the 1920’s Investigation

Mexican Immigration in the 1920’s Investigation

Multiple Choice

Why did Mexican immigration increase from 1910-1920? Choose the BEST answer.

• Immigrants were coming to the U.S. for jobs.

• Booming industries like mining and agriculture pulled immigrants to the U.S.

• The Mexican Revolution pushed people to leave Mexico and look for stability and employment.

Open Ended

Were Mexican immigrants viewed (looked at) differently than European immigrants? (what do you think)

Multiple Choice

The study of Eugenics also had an influence in how people looked at immigrants. What was Eugenics?

• Eugenics was the notion (idea) that ethnic groups had inherent qualities (of intelligence, physical fitness, or a propensity towards criminality) and that some ethnic groups had better qualities than others.

• Eugenics was an example of Social Darwinism. It said that the strongest would survive and the weak died. Certain groups of people were stronger than others.

Multiple Choice

What effects did the Cristero War have on the Mexican people?

• It had no effects on immigration.

• The Cristero War caused people to want to become Catholic.

• The effects of the Cristero War created waves of emigrants, exiles and refugees to leave Mexico. It also politicized Mexican immigrants.

Multiple Select

In Document A what did Colonel L. M. Maus say about the Mexican immigrants? hint: 2 are correct.

• Mexican immigrants are not needed.

• Mexican immigrants are absolutely essential to the prosperity of the southwest

• Mexican immigrants do practically all the agricultural work in the border states.

• Mexican immigrants coming to the U.S. should be limited.

Open Ended

According to document C give examples of what Ernesto Galarza said about how Mexican immigrants are viewed in the American mind?

Multiple Choice

Document D

What do you think their opinion was of Mexican immigrants?

• They valued the Mexican immigrants.

• They looked at them as the number 2 man. Not good enough to be #1.

• They looked at them as creating problems.

Multiple Choice

Document E: Francis H. Kinnicutt, said "Up to 1880 we had practically a homogenous race, and it is only within the last 30 years that we have been getting the widely divergent races through immigration. We are getting too much mixture. " WHAT do you think this means?

• I think Kinnicutt meant that mixing the races was a good idea.

• I think Kinnicutt meant that mixing the races was a bad idea.

Open Ended

Based on these documents do you think the Mexican immigrants were welcomed in the U.S. in the 1920's?

IF YES or NO give your opinion and tell WHY.