In the 1940 census, the term "Mexican" was dropped from the list of racial responses and Mexicans at that time were listed in which of the following ways?

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In the 1940 census, the term "Mexican" was dropped from the list of racial responses and Mexicans were instead classified as White unless they were definitely Indian or some other race other than White. This was a change from the previous census where Mexicans were often classified as a separate racial category or as "other."

In the 1940 Census, the Term "Mexican" Was Dropped from the List