Question

The increase in the number of Mexican Americans employed in the United States during the early 1940s resulted from?:

A. wartime labor shortages.
B. better relations between them and the Anglo-American population.
C. better living conditions in the cities.
D. large-scale government programs to reduce discrimination.

Answer 1

A. wartime labor shortages. The outbreak of World War II led to many Americans enlisting to fight overseas. As a result, there was a shortage of labor. Women and minorities including Mexican Americans were employed at factories to supply the army for the war effort. Some Mexican Americans enlisted and fought in the U.S. army.