Chapter 14: The Sixties: A Decade of Protest and Change

During the 1940s and 1950s, the primary goal of Mexican-American litigation was to -

• eliminate the legal segregation of Mexican Americans

• form a n nation for Mexican Americans

• create separate Mexican-American economic and social institutions

• establish affirmative action programs to compensate for past wrongs.

"The war against poverty will not be won here in Washington. Its must be won in the field, in every private home, in every public office, from the courthouse to the White House..."

This statement expresses President Lyndon B. Johnson's belief that the-

• federal government is solely responsible for the war on poverty

• court system must be held accountable for poverty

• problem of poverty is easily soved

• entire country must help in the struggle against poverty

The court decisions in Delgado v. Bastrop ISD and Hernandez v Texas held that-

• racially segregated schools are inherently unequal

• a student has no guaranteed rights while in a public school

• a student's right to privacy is limited under certain conditions

• Mexican Americans were entitled to protection from discrimination under the Fourteenth Amendment

The movements led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Ceasar Chavez were similar in that both-

• supported attempts to overthrow the established government

• used civil disobedience to bring about social change

• boycotted agricultural crops

• were elected to national political office

What constitutional issue was raised by President Johnson's Great Society?

• Should taxes be raised to stimulate consumer spending?

• What foreign imports should be allowed into the United States?

• How far can the federal government extend itself in helping the less fortunate?

• Should certain key industries be taken over by the federal government?

Cesar Chavez, Hector Garcia, and Betty Friedan were similar in that they all-

• were members of the Black Panther Movement

• were leaders in the fight for civil rights and equal opportunity

• opposed the non-violent approach to obtaining civil rights

• had as their main goal the achievement of greater opportunities for women

What did the Women's Liberation Movement see as its major goal in the 1960s?

• Obtaining the right to vote for women

• guaranteeing women equal pay for equal work

• enabling women to stay at home as well as work

• laws that would allow women to own property

What was the major goal of the American Indian Movement? (AIM)

• to gain U.S. citizenship and representation in Congress

• to relocate American Indians to urban areas

• to obtain greater understanding of the American Indian point of view

• to end segregation American Indians in public places

Use the passage and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.

"Dear Mr. Barr,

...This letter does not express all that is in my heart. Mr. Barr. But if it says nothing else it says that we do not have you or rejoice to see your industry destroyed; we hate the agri-business system (agricultural corporations) that seeks to keep us enslaved and we shall overcome and change it not by retaliation or bloodshed but by a determined non violent struggle carried on by masses of farm workers who intend to be free.

Sincerely yours,

Cesar E. Chavez

-Cesar Chavez, letter to E. L. Barr Jr., 1969, in Letters of a Nation

What action did Chavez take that was consistent with the message in this letter?

• organizing a farm workers union

• calling for stricter enforcement of immigration laws

• asking Congress to pass legislation for low-income housing

• promoting the takeover of large corporations by farm workers

The United States began a trade embargo against Cuba in the 1960s to-

• Encourage political change in Cuba

• Promote domestic industries in Cuba

• Motivate Cubans to immigrate to the United States

• End the domination of the sugar industry by Cuba