Why Was the Bracero Program Started

question 36

Multiple Choice

Why was the Bracero Program started?

• A) to circumvent the quota system imposed by the National Origins Act
• B) to supply the growing aviation industry with skilled labor, in the years after World War II
• C) to supply labor for defense industry jobs during World War II
• D) to stem labor shortages, especially in agriculture and railroad maintenance, in the years after World War II

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