HIST314k 1st Edition Lecture 7 Outline of Last Lecture II. TestOutline of Current LectureII. IntroIII. US and Latin AmericaIV. MexicoV. Bringing the good neighbor policy home Current LectureWartime Unity in the Americas and Internationalization of the Mexican CauseI. Intro (War changed things and helps people recover)a. The US in 1939 the econ begins to grow because of wartime efforts i. Agriculture/ farming (cotton) more land to production of cottonb. Govt intervenes to manage the econ more than they manage the Depression/ war is at stake, you have to have all the workers you can in the econ/ 1940 was considered an emergencyi. Training the workers c. They make sure the govt passes laws to require employers to pay workers min wage to industries producing material for war:i. Oil ii. Argiiii. Steam shops d. Govt intervenes and pres issues exec order saying industries contracting with the govt cannot discriminate between race (right of citizens against discrimination) i. Means that workers are protected, right to have living wage regardless of who they are (contributes to recovery)e. Zamora arg there are more views to that (Mex American hist provides opp to challenge this view) people recovered at diff rates (Mexicans moved up but notas a group/ same experience for AA and woman as a whole)i. Despite wartime opps and govt intervention, Mex origin people did not experience the same kind of recovery as other people These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.1. Everyone moves up but the gaps remain structural inequality (drop out rate in Texas is 4 to 1)II. US and Latin Americana. Good neighbor policy- we are going to be good neighbors with LA countries militarily econ and culturally b. Inter-American System of cooperationc. Security concernsd. Uneven Mexican RecoveryIII. Mexicoa. Principal wartime partnerb. Seeking unity and leveraging changec. Elevating race to hemispheres level of importance IV. Bringing the Good Neighbor policy homea. Benefitted from their favored states with the state departmentb. State department “prepared the ground” for cooperationc. Troubles in Los Angeles and the Fear of Home Front Strifed. The Bracero Program and the Texas Bani. The Bracero program- allows for US farmers to recruit thousand of workers to work on their farms (Mexico builds political capital)V. Peralesa. Biob. Capitalized on fortunate