Unit 10 Civil Rights Movement, Mexican-American Civil Rights

Which of the following is FALSE (not true) the lives of farmworkers in the 1960s?

• They experienced poor working conditions and received little pay.

• The worked long hours and often in dangerous working conditions.

• They were often well educated.

• Families, including children, would travel from town to town, looking for work.

On September 8, 1965, labor organizer Larry Itliong led this group of farmworkers in a grape strike in Delano, Ca. A few days later, they were joined by Mexican-American farmworkers from the United Farm Workers.

• Filipinos

• Italian-Americans

• African-Americans

• Japanese-Americans

Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez became convinced that if Mexican-American farmworkers were to improve their lives, they had to:

• support the Bracero Program

• organize a union

• join a political party

• work with grape growers

Which of the following acts of nonviolent civil disobedience did the farmworkers use in their efforts to improve their wages and working conditions?

• The use of live theater to both educate and entertain, as in the case of the acto,"Las Dos Caras del Patroncito" ("The Two Faces of the Boss")

• A grape strike, and later a boycott that went nationwide.

• A nearly 300 mile march from Delano, Ca. to Sacramento

• All of the above.

In 1970, the United Farm Workers signed the first of several contracts with Delano grape growers resulting:

• Higher wages that resulting in better pay

• Health insurance that provided farmworkers with access to medical care.

• Better working conditions, like access to restrooms and drinking water in the fields

• All of the Above.