How Did the New Deal Lead to a Greater Number

question 18

Multiple Choice

How did the New Deal lead to a greater number of Mexican immigrants applying for U.S. citizenship?

• A) Only citizens and aliens who had begun the naturalization process were eligible for public works jobs in the waning years of the Depression.
• B) Mexican aliens who worked on farms could benefit from the Social Security Act only if they became citizens of the United States.
• C) Citizenship protected Mexican aliens from layoffs in the jobs they currently held.
• D) Mexican alien laborers feared placement in detention camps so that unemployed whites could take their jobs.

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