Test - El Movimiento

Match the following leaders with their description

• Corky Gonzales

• Co-founded UFW, led a national grape boycott, and a hunger strike; believed in nonviolence

• Sal Castro

• East L.A. teacher that worked with UMAS to create youth summits

• Reies Lopez Tijerina

• Led the Chicano land grant movement, staged occupation in Tierra Amarilla

• Cesar Chavez

• Chicano leader and poet; author of "Yo Soy Joaquin"

• José Angel Gutiérrez

• Founding member of the Mexican American Youth Organization and La Raza Unida Party.

The UFW (United Farm Workers) is an example of a:

Which of the following was NOT a member of "los tres"

• Cesar Chavez

• José Angel Gutiérrez

• Dolores Huerta

• Gil Padilla

What was the primary goal of the United Farm Workers (UFW)?

• To promote Chicano candidates for political office

• To improve labor conditions for farm workers through nonviolent means

• To establish a network of Chicano cultural centers

• To provide legal assistance to immigrants

Match the following

• El Teatro Campesino

• Chicano labor newspaper developed by farm workers

• Spiritual Plan of Aztlan

• Chicano theatre company born of, by, and for farm workers

• Plan de Delano

• Declared Aztlan as the ancestral homeland of Chicanos, rallying cry for cultural pride and self-determination

• El Malcriado

• Established core beliefs of Chicano Movement

Protested and brought awareness to police brutality against Chicanos: ​ (a)  

Collection of college students aimed at organizing Chicano Youth against inadequate schools: ​ (b)  

Founded in 1967 by Jose Angel Gutierrez, advocated social justice & Chicano culture through mass demonstrations and direct political confrontations: ​ (c)  

Political party focused on bringing greater economic, social, and political self-determination to Mexican Americans: ​ (d)  

• Brown Berets
• UMAS
• MAYO
• La Raza Unida

Corky Gonzales is most well known for his epic poem on Chicano identity, titled:

How did Richard Nixon oppose the National Grape Boycott?

• He organized a counter-boycott of other fruits
• He publicly endorsed the boycott
• He proposed legislation to support the boycott
• He sent grapes to troops in Vietnam

What did Cesar Chavez do in order to bring attention to his cause?

• Armed occupations

• Destroyed crops

• Chained himself to trees

• Hunger strike

Which strategy was famously used by the United Farm Workers to achieve their goals?

• Armed protests

• Boycotts of agricultural products

• School walkouts

• Political lobbying and litigation