Zoot Suit Background

What city is considered the origin of the term "Pachuco"?

• Pasadena, California

• El Paso, Texas

• New York City, New York

• Los Angeles, California

What was the goal of the Bracero Program?

• To encourage women to sign up in factory jobs

• To bring farm workers from Mexico because US men were being drafted

• To create a network of spies in Latin America to fight German spies

• To gain additional factory workers from Latin American countries

Which describes Executive Order 9066?

• To create a draft lottery system for military service

• It officially brought the U.S. into World War II

• It forced Japanese-Americans into internment camps against their will

• It forced the repatriation of Mexican Americans to reduce job competition

What event in World War 2 caused Americans to support Executive Order 9066 and increased hatred of the Japanese?

• Bataan Death Marches

• The Invasion of Poland

• The Pearl Harbor attack

• The Zoot Suit Riots

Approximately how many people emigrated from Mexico to the United States during the Mexican Revolution of the 1910s?

• 250,000

• 2 million

• 500,000

• 1 million

Which of the following was NOT a way Mexicans were discriminated against in California in the years leading up to World War II?

• They were barred from attending sporting events at the LA Coliseum and Dodger Stadium.

• They went to segregated schools.

• They had to sit in the balconies of movie theaters.

• They could only go to public swimming pools on certain days.

What is the correct chronological order of the following events?

Bracero Program, Mexican Revolution, Mexican Deportation during Great Depression, World War II Starting

• Mexican Revolution, Mexican Deportation during Great Depression, World War II Starting, Bracero Program

• Mexican Revolution, Bracero Program, Mexican Deportation during Great Depression, World War II Starting

• Mexican Deportation during Great Depression, Mexican Revolution, World War II Starting, Bracero Program,

• World War II Starting, Bracero Program, Mexican Revolution, Mexican Deportation during Great Depression

Were Mexican youth the only people wearing zoots suits in the 1930s and 1940s?

• Yes

• No

Why did were many Mexican youth often found hanging around Sleepy Lagoon in Los Angeles?

• Many Mexican youth would go there to race cars.

• Because it was gravel pit. Who wouldn't want to hang out a gravel pit?

• Because many of them would swim there instead of public swimming pools.

• Because they heard it was a good place to see a murder.

Which of the following words has the definition of "extreme nationalism"?

• jingoism

• totalitarianism

• apportionment

• socialism