🔺In the late 1800s, the railroads hired more Mexicans and also Chinese workers.

🔺Mexicans were accustomed to the region’s hot, dry climate.

🔺Mexicans were also vital to the development of mining and agriculture in the southwest.

🔺Mexicans and African Americans in the Southwest, were forced into debt Peonage.

🔺Debt Peonage: A system in which workers are bound in servitude until their debts are paid.

Economy