KN G2RW_DOL_05.03_2.9Di Cesar Chavez

What is the central idea of this text about Cesar Chavez?

• Cesar fought to improve the working conditions of migrant workers.

• Cesar worked as a migrant worker which required long hours and hard work.

• During the Great Depression, Cesar’s family had to sell their ranch.

• People refused to buy California grapes to support Cesar’s protest march.

Which detail best supports the answer to Part A?

• Cesar grew up on the family farm in Gila River Valley near Yuma, Arizona.

• Cesar led marches, fasts, and boycotts in protest of migrant farmers’ working conditions.

• Cesar served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.

• The National Farm Workers Association had one thousand members two years after beginning.

Which key idea from the section about the National Farm Workers Association best supports the central idea?

• Cesar became a speaker for the CSO and formed his own group in California.

• A union is a large organization that has leaders that speak for the members.

• Cesar used Martin Luther King Jr.’s idea of nonviolent protest.

• The union worked to increase wages and provide healthcare for migrant workers.

Which key idea from the section about the protest march to Sacramento best supports the central idea?

• While migrant workers marched, grapes were not harvested and died on the vine.

• Americans refused to buy California grapes in support of the march.

• Migrant workers left their jobs to march with Cesar to Sacramento.

• Cesar organized the march to bring attention to the bad working conditions of migrant workers.

Who was Cesar Chavez?

• A Mexican immigrant fighting for immigration rights.
• A migrant worker with big ideals. 
• A Mexican-American that fought for the rights of farm workers.
• A Hispanic politician that ran for congress. 

How did Cesar Chavez help change the lives of Chicano migrant workers?

• He got other people together, gave speeches, and led marches.

• He went to court to ask for fair treatment.

• Chavez helped his mother work in the fields.

• Chavez led a march across a bridge in protest of mistreatment.

How were Cesar Chavez and Martin Luther King Jr similar in their protest tactics?

• Started riots

• Began militant demonstrations

• Used nonviolent forms of protest

• Organized labor unions