Children in farm worker families received inadequate schooling because
a. they were taught in segregated, Spanish-only classes, which were inadequately staffed.
b. their parents did not understand the value of education and often pulled their children out of school to earn money working in the fields.
c. their families had to move several times during the year, so their school attendance was irregular.
d. there were no schools in the rural areas where the families lived.
Question 2
Mexican Americans and African Americans faced many of the same problems in their communities and workplaces, but there were some differences, including which of the following?
a. The Immigration and Naturalization Service conducted numerous sweeps of Latino neighborhoods to find undocumented immigrants, although it especially looked for people who opposed the Red Scare. In one period, almost two million people were deported.
b. More Mexican Americans than African Americans benefited from anti-discriminatory local and state government hiring practices.
c. Middle-class African Americans were able to buy houses in white suburban areas, but Mexican Americans continued to be excluded.
d. Because many Mexican Americans lived in rural areas, and industry was expanding into these regions, more Latinos than blacks were able to get jobs in new and expanding industries.
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