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Keeping the New York State Home Front Going: Mexican Braceros in World War II
Document 5
Vocabulary
Coessens Park: Park in Amsterdam, New York.
Coroner: Officer who examines bodies to determine cause of death.
Excerpt, Amsterdam Evening Recorder, June 15, 1945.
Document 5 Short-Answer Questions
- How many braceros were killed in the railway accident?
- How many men were on the New York Central railroad crew?
- What evidence does the article give that all of the workers on the crew were braceros?
- Why do you think it was so dangerous to work on railroad tracks?
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