8-6 - Chicano Movement

Which of the following identifies the central idea of the text?

• Chavez was the first one to complain about and draw attention to the unfair labor laws that farm workers were suffering under.

• Farm workers followed Chavez because they believed the only way to create change was through nonviolent means

• Chavez's personal experiences with unfair labor laws and his desire to better others' lives drove him to improve farm workers' rights.

• Agribusinesses nearly silenced Chavez and his cause by constantly targeting them with threats of violence and unemployment.

What did the efforts of Chavez and his association, the United Farm Workers (UFW), accomplish?

• a strong union, bargaining power for workers, and safer working conditions for migrant workers

• a better economy across the nation that started with the national banks

• climate change in California that would extend across the U.S.

• lower gas prices for all Americans

Co-founder of the United Farm Workers; he led the grape pickers march in California, organized agricultural boycotts and was inspired by Gandhi

• Dr. Hector Garcia

• Cesar Chavez

• Ruben Salazar

• Reies Lopez Tijerina

She was a co-founder of the United Farm Workers, also led many boycotts and successfully organized strikes and labor so farm workers got better pay

• Martha Cotera

• Dolores Huerta

• Emma Tenayuca

• Sandra Cisneros

Organized the American G.I. Forum to advocate for Latino veterans after WWII

• Dr. Hector Garcia

• Felix Longoria

• Jose Angel Gutierrez

• Ruben Salazar

Chicano activist from Denver most noted for his epic poem “I am Joaquin”

• Cesar Chavez

• Ruben Salazar

• Sal Castro

• "Corky" Gonzales

A migrant farmworker is...

• a person who lives on a farm.

• a worker who moves around to find work farming different crops.

• someone who owns their own farm.

The name of the organization she helped start was...

• Sunnyside School

• Migrant Farmworkers

• YMCA

• United Farmworkers of America

What is a boycott? (More than one right answer!)

• The opposite of a girlcott

• When people stop buying something (like grapes), so that a company changes how it works or treats its workers.

• When people stop riding the bus, until the bus company allows anybody of any race to sit wherever they want on the bus.

• A kind of apricot

Which African American group had its own newspaper and claimed the right to carry weapons to protect black neighborhoods from the police?

• NAACP

• The Chicano Movement

• Black Panthers

• Black Power