Farm Workers Movement

labor organization formed in 1962 by Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta to improve the conditions of migrant workers

• National Assocaion for the Advancement of Colored People
• National Organization for Women
• American Indian Movement
• United Farm Workers

During the 1960s and 1970s, Cesar Chávez sought to gain civil rights for Chicano agricultural workers by

• unionizing migrant farm workers
• passing a federal law to limit immigration
• urging farm owners to reduce the workforce through mechanization
• promoting the takeover by farm workers of large corporations

What perspective held by Hispanic-American agricultural workers led to the creation of the United Farm Workers?

• Farm workers wanted to become owners of the farms on which they worked.
• Small family farms needed economic assistance from the federal government.
• Farm workers needed to organize in order to bargain with farm owners.
• Large farms could be made more efficient by using modern agricultural technology.

Which organization was founded on the following ideals? • a shared perspective of ethnic minorities • a desire to improve working conditions • a belief in the effectiveness of collective bargaining

• United Farm Workers
• American Indian Movement
• National Organization for Women student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

Who organized farm workers in Delano, California to protest for better wages and working conditions?

• Cesar Chavez

• Malcolm X

• Isabel Hernandez

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

Series of plays, skits and musical numbers played during the farm workers protests to entertain and educate people about the farm workers struggles.

• Broadway

• Teatro Hispano

• Teatro Campesino

• Chamber of Commerce

One of the largest boycotts ever to protest the unfair working conditions of the migrant farm workers

• Orange

• Banana

• Grape

• Sugar

Famous chant by the migrant farm workers during the protests to improve their working conditions

• Together or not at all

• All for one, one for all

• Si se puede

• Ay caramba

Founder of the Teatro Campesino

• Luis Valdez

• Cesar Chavez

• Dolores Huerta

• Rocky Gonzales

Where did the Teatro Campesino originate from?

• In the factories of the US Rust belt

• In the lumber yards of the Pacific Northwest

• In the fields of California

• On the streets of San Antonio, TX