Which of the Following Statements Accurately Describes the Experiences of Mexican

question 47

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements accurately describes the experiences of Mexican Americans following the Second World War?

• A) Mexican Americans tended to avoid racial discrimination entirely, especially due to the number of them who had fought during the war and demanded equality at home.
• B) Mexican Americans tended to have the most advanced degrees of any minority group at the time, and unlike African Americans, they remained unaffected by poll taxes to vote.
• C) In a number of southwestern states, schools segregated Mexican American children from white children, and Mexican American veterans often were denied benefits available to white veterans.
• D) The U.S. military refused to accept Mexican Americans into its ranks during the war, which fueled widespread postwar stereotypes that they lacked patriotism.
• E) The United States contained so few Mexican Americans that they were rarely subject to ethnic prejudice and enjoyed equality with white Americans in postwar social programs.