Question

How did New Deal legislations impact the Mexican American community?

Answer 1

The correct answer is D) New Deal legislation provided relief for Mexican Americans who had migrated to the United States during or before the 1920s.

New Deal legislation impacted the Mexican American community in that New Deal legislation provided relief for Mexican Americans who had migrated to the United States during or before the 1920s.

After living terror moments of deportation in the final days of President Hoover's administration, Mexican immigrants and Mexican-Americans found some kind of tranquility with President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his "New Deal" Program. This program included some assistance to Mexicans and other Hispanics such as the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). The US government also established some camps for immigrants in California through the Farm Security Administration.