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