Dolores Huerta Quiz

Dolores Huerta is best known for her work as a:

• Scientist

• Labor activist

• Famous singer

• Professional athlete

What iconic Spanish phrase, meaning "Yes, we can," is Dolores Huerta credited with coining?

• No pasarán

• Viva la revolución

• Sí se puede

• Hasta la victoria siempre

In the 1960s, Dolores Huerta worked closely with which other labor leader?

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Malcolm X

• Cesar Chavez

• Rosa Parks

The first successful collective bargaining agreement that Huerta helped achieve guaranteed basic rights for:

• Factory workers

• Agricultural laborers

• Teachers

• Construction workers

Before the efforts of Huerta and others, farmworkers in California often lacked:

• Access to transportation

• Basic rights and fair treatment

• Opportunities for education

• Communication with their families

What was one of the particularly difficult conditions faced by women farmworkers mentioned in the video?

• Lack of childcare

• Lower pay than men

• No access to bathrooms in the fields

• Limited access to clean clothing

In the late 1950s, many farmworkers were exposed to:

• New farming technologies

• Dangerous pesticides

• Opportunities for advancement

• Government assistance programs

What was the name of the grassroots group that Dolores Huerta first joined?

• United Farm Workers Union

• National Farm Labor Union

• Community Service Organization

• Agricultural Workers Alliance

The Delano Grape Strike of 1965 involved farmworkers primarily of which two ethnicities?

• Mexican and African American

• Filipino and Japanese

• Mexican and Filipino

• European and Mexican

When striking didn't immediately work, the farmworkers and their supporters resorted to:

• Violent protests

• Ignoring the issue

• Boycotting grapes

• Negotiating with individual workers