Cesar Chavez (Clemons)

Cesar Chavez worked for the rights of which group of people?

• women
• farm workers
• teachers
• African Americans

Cesar Chavez led a strike to demand higher wages for grape pickers in which state?

• Maryland
• New York
• South Carolina
• California

Which of the following were ways Cesar Chavez helped get rights for farm workers?

• Lead nonviolent marches
• Organized boycotts
• Started a labor union
• All of the above

Going without food to make a point.

• fast
• march
• strike
• boycott

Hard and long work.

• march
• fast 
• freedom of expression
• diligence

A person who goes from place to place in search of work.

• justice
• march
• migrant worker
• slavery

Equal treatment under the law.

• freedom of expression
• justice
• protest
• boycott

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What is a strike?

• Getting a home run in baseball.
• Running down the hall at school.
• A peaceful form of protest to gain rights.
• Not eating sweets for a week.

Why is Cesar Chavez considered an American Hero?

• He rode in the back of the bus.
• He helped free many slaves.
• He fought for better working conditions for migrant workers.
• He wrote stories to help children sleep.

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Cesar Chavez helped American farmers by:

• inventing a machine to pick crops.
• getting better pay and working conditions.
• starting a new farm company that loaned out money.
• becoming the president of the local 4-H chapter.

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