The Bracero Program

With the contracts the braceros signed, they were promised __________, __________, __________, __________, and __________.

adequate free housing, decent well-priced meals, occupational insurance, free transportation back to their homeland, to be paid in full

The program was created to help finances in __________ due to labor shortages during World War II.

agriculture

Farm workers (already living in the US) were worried that the program would bring unwanted __________ from the braceros.

competition

The program caused lots of __________ among several people.

controversy

Mexico was worried that their workers would get __________ against by the Americans.

discriminated

Mexico had __________ that the US truly needed a huge amount of labor and __________ their motives.

doubts, questioned

Mexico was also worried that the program would be a danger to their own country's __________ development.

economic

The US __________ mainly benefited from the Bracero Program.

economy

The Bracero Program was established by __________.

executive order

The braceros worked mainly on __________ and __________.

farms, railroads

The Bracero Program was the nation's largest experiment with __________ workers.

foreign

Several of the rules, terms, and conditions were __________ by employers.

ignored / disobeyed

Some of those who were not able to obtain a permit to work as a laborer entered the US __________.

illegally

When the Bracero Program was initiated, immigration to the US from Mexico had extremely __________, and then had __________ by the time the program was terminated.

increased, decreased

Employers were supposed to hire braceros only in areas of certified domestic __________, and were not to use them as strikebreakers.

labor shortage

During World War II, many __________ left their work in the fields to seek higher-paying work in the defense industry.

laborers

The wages the braceros were given were __________.

low-paying

The program was a great way to manage __________.

migration

Upon entry to the United States, the braceros were __________ for prohibited items, and __________ with an insecticide.

searched, sprayed

The jobs given to the braceros were only __________ jobs.

short-term / temporary

The illegal immigrants were called __________.

wetbacks

The work of minors under __________ years old was strictly prohibited.

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The Bracero Program was created in __________.

1942

The program was MEANT to last until __________.

1945 (or until the end of World War II)

The program ACTUALLY lasted until __________.

1964 (19 years after the end of World War II)

The Bracero Program pressed that the contracts be written in __________.

Spanish

A bracero is __________.

a Mexican laborer allowed into the US for a limited time as a seasonal agricultural worker

Migration means __________.

a movement of people to a new area or country in order to find work or better living conditions

The US turned to __________ to supply labor.

Mexico

The Bracero Program provided jobs to millions of __________ who were desperately searching for work.

Mexican men