American farming was the biggest growing industry which considered human labor work. This labor work was hard work which consisted working in the hot sun, bending your back everyday, using your hands, a lot hours for little pay and etc. Though it was the biggest growing industry it didn't attract many Americans to work in the farming industry. The ethnicity that was willing to work in the farming industry and for little pay were the Mexicans. Which resulted the farming industry taking advantage of Mexicans by creating an abusive farming industry for the Mexican around America. There were multiple reasons why the Mexicans decided to work in the farming industry and wasn’t because it was the best paying job in American. One of the reasons why the Mexicans worked in the farming industry was because they needed to provide food for their family. The Mexican government and their industry didn't pay well when it came to paying their employees. Also, American money had a higher currency then Mexico money so when American farming companies paid the Mexican farmers. The farmers were grateful that they were making more money than they would be making in their country. Knowing …show more content…
In my opinion, I feel if they had the education to be become a mechanic, plumber or electrician they would of taken the job. When the Mexicans left Mexico they knew they didn’t have a future in their land; they lacked an education to be successful in their country. When they came to America they didn't know the languages and the farm industry didn't implement a system where they taught the Mexicans how to talk or read english to make an easier transition for the them. Since they didn't have money to pay someone to teach them how to speak english, it limited them to find other jobs in America. Working in the farm industry didn’t involved speaking, writing, or reading when working in the
Brock Baldwin November 18, 2014 Mexican Borderlands Reflection Historians have tried piecing together as much as they can about the history on the Mexican Borderlands for centuries. The only evidence and knowledge they have to base off their work is from documents like Martha Summerhayes’ diary, which she published in the late 1800s. Martha Summerhayes was an American female during this time on a journey through Arizona. In this document she explains life in the Borderlands from a first person point of view and explains many first hand encounters from her daily life.
Farmers saw increased production as the land was recovered and was put back to use, despite the Dust Bowl forcing many farmers to change professions all together
Peopling the Americas - The Ice Age was responsible for most of the shaping of North America and also contributed to the origins of the continent’s human history. - As the sea level decreased, it made a bridge that linked Eurasia with North America making the locals in Eurasia to migrate downward to North America. - Many other races such as the Incas in Peru, the Mayans, and the Aztecs in Mexico made their way across the bridge migrating. The Earliest Americans - Around 5000 B.C., hunter-gatherers in the highland Mexico made a wild grass that could support many farm necessities such as the staple crop of corn. - The corn was basically their staff of life and the foundation of the complex, large scale for the Aztecans.
A lot of immigrants were recruited by farm owners to work for them on their farms and lands. Many of these Mexicans also worked in non-agricultural jobs, such as factories and other shops. When the Great Depression
They seemed committed to improving conditions for the braceros. However, though it looked good in theory, Public Law 78 held no penalties for employers who hired undocumented workers. Because of this, many American farmers were
Many of these people would otherwise be unemployed. When Mexico suffered from the recession back in the 1980s the border regions earned enough to stay stable. As other industries
Cesar Chavez was a migrant farm worker that led the movement that established the United Farm Workers of America (UFW). After the Great Depression, Chavez’s family was forced to move in order to find work. Many Chicano families, similar to Chavez’s, were able to find work picking the fruits and vegetables of California’s fields. However, being a farm worker was back-breaking, labor-intensive work that in return did not pay a living wage, or provide adequate living conditions. Many farm owners took advantage of migrant laborers, and were able to do so because of the lack of laws protecting them.
This was a big deal because according to the UFW, “laws regarding working standards were simply ignored by growers”, and finally that was going to change. Over one hundred years farm workers tried to make a union and did not succeed until Cesar Chavez came along. The government began to act as well. They guaranteed farm workers the right to organize (Cesar Chavez Foundation). This gave farm workers more freedom and also showed equality.
Leadership in the Genesis of the Farm Workers Movement In 1946, Mexican-Americans were very poor, and could not read nor write. Most of them would die by the age of 49 because of the miserable life conditions they lived. During this time, the American society was very segregated; for example, in theaters, white people used to sit on the middle and the others had to sit on the sides. The farm owners treated their workers like slaves and forced them to work deplorable conditions.
The agricultural productions in California caused many conflicts between farm growers and farm workers. As the production of plant growers increased, the demand for farm labor increased as well. Inequality between migrant workers and growers were at a sky high during the earlier years of the 20th century. Capitalism, socialism and unionization were a few of the other conflicts that were at a rise. Land Monopolization was large in California.
Numerous migrants were untalented and willing to work extend periods of time for little pay. Gilded Age plutocrat thought of them as the ideal representatives for their sweatshops, where working conditions were risky and specialists persevered through long stretches of joblessness, wage cuts and no
The American dream is not as easy as people say it is. The American Dream is being able to afford the necessities you need, without having to struggle and suffer just to put food on a table for their families. People think it’s easy to live the American Dream, but little do they know that there are people out there struggling to support their family. The American Dream is difficult to achieve but very possible if people could find the opportunity and available to them.
Much of the economic sector within the community is agricultural based. Many Mexican-American in the early 20th century were braceros and vaqueros. Vikki Ruiz mention the Economic status of Mexicans, and states, “Pushed by the economic and political chaos generated by the Mexican Revolution and lured by jobs in U.S. agribusiness and industry, they settled into existing barrios and forged new communities both in the Southwest and the Midwest” (Ruiz, p.265). these communities were build on the economic opportunity available of migration.
Wheat consumption increased and more rural workers contributed to the market as a result. Europeans proposed that by creating a bigger market economy Mexico would become modernized like an ultimately
He was a grape farmer working from 6 am to 7 pm almost more than 13-hours a day his salary was $2.56 an hour from that salary he had to support his family that was still living in Yemen. Many migrant farm workers who pick these fruits travel across the country and cross borders to fill the agriculture jobs in the U.S that U.S citizens are not willing to take. (McKenzie, 2015). Agriculture jobs is not an easy job, but these migrant farmworkers are willing to fill these physical exhausting jobs because of the economic hardship, and the lack of jobs in the there country, therefore, courtiers that have these immigrant farmworkers should recognize immigrants for their hard work.