What Prompted Agribusiness Owners in the Late 1880's and Early

question 32

Multiple Choice

What prompted agribusiness owners in the late 1880's and early 1900's to recruit Mexican laborers to come work on farms in the United States?

• A) Puerto Rican laborers were not available.
• B) A massive drought that required replanting on thousands of farms.
• C) A shortage of workers created by Anti-Asian immigration legislation.
• D) World War I created a shortage of labor.

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