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WorksheetsCesar Chavez
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How was the Chavez family affected in the 1930's when the Great Depression hit the United States?
a)
They lost their farm and grocery store
b)
They started a new business
c)
They had to stop growing grapes and start growing lettuce
d)
All of the above
2.
What are migrant workers?
a)
People who buy farms
b)
People who go from farm to farm to find work
c)
People who sell farms
d)
People who own farms
3.
The Chavez family and other migrant workers faced many obstacles. Which of the following was a problem they faced?
a)
living with no electricity
b)
earning very low pay or no pay at all
c)
living in camps with no running water
d)
all of the above
4.
What was an effect of Cesar moving around a lot as a child?
a)
he never learned to read
b)
he never went to school
c)
he attended over 30 different schools
d)
all of the above
5.
Why did Chavez join the Navy when he was 17?
a)
He wanted to be like his father who was also in the Navy
b)
He was forced to join the Navy
c)
He wanted to get away from the unfair treatment of migrant workers
d)
all of the above
6.
How did Chavez help migrant workers through the CSO?
a)
He encouraged them to vote for laws that impact them
b)
He taught them about their rights and how to stand up for them
c)
He spoke to them about working together to change things
d)
All of the above
7.
What important idea did Chavez learn from Mohandas Ganhi & Martin Luther King, Jr.?
a)
You must use violence to bring about change
b)
You need a lot of money to change things
c)
You can use nonviolent protests to bring important change
d)
All of the above
8.
Chavez organized ____ to help migrant workers get better pay & working conditions.
a)
labor unions
b)
schools
c)
churches
d)
stores
9.
Others had tried to organize farm workers into unions before Chavez. Why was it so difficult?
a)
Farm owners used violence to prevent the workers from joining unions
b)
Getting people who moved around a lot to join a group was difficult
c)
Both answers are true
10.
What is a strike?
a)
going without food to make a point
b)
an organized walk taken by a group of people
c)
refusal by workers to work to protest
d)
refusing to buy something as a protest
11.
What was the effect of the grape strike in California?
a)
Grape growers decided to stop growing grapes.
b)
Working conditions and pay improved for workers.
c)
Working conditions and pay for workers stayed the same.
d)
People bought more grapes.
12.
Why did Chavez go on a 36-day fast in 1988?
a)
to protest low pay
b)
to protest poor working conditions
c)
to protest farm owners who grew grapes
d)
to protest the use of pesticides
13.
What is freedom of expression?
a)
being ale to say and do what you believe is right
b)
giving people equal treatment under the law
c)
working hard for a long tim
d)
respect for others' values and beliefs
14.
What is diligence?
a)
years of hard work
b)
equal treatment
c)
respect
d)
giving speeches and leading marches
15.
What is cooperation?
a)
years of hard work
b)
equal treatment
c)
working together
d)
giving speeches and leading marches
16.
What is tolerance?
a)
years of hard work
b)
respect
c)
working together
d)
obeying
17.
What is respect for & acceptance of authority?
a)
years of hard work
b)
respect
c)
working together
d)
obeying
18.
What is justice?
a)
years of hard work
b)
freedom
c)
respect
d)
equal treatment
19.
What is liberty?
a)
years of hard work
b)
equal treatment
c)
working together
d)
freedom
20.
Both Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass worked _______ for the fair treatment of all Americans.
a)
epressing
b)
diligently
c)
justice
d)
vote
21.
Douglass grew up as a _____.
a)
Quaker
b)
Rochester, New York
c)
Free man
d)
Slave
22.
In 1838, Frederick Douglass dressed up as a sailor and _____ slavery.
a)
ran into
b)
voted
c)
escaped
23.
Anthony grew up in the ____ church.
a)
slave
b)
Quaker
c)
abolitionist
d)
Women's suffrage
24.
Anthony learned that all people are equal and deserve _______.
a)
slavery
b)
justice
c)
expressing
d)
escaped
25.
These experiences in Anthony's and Douglass' lives lead them to become ______.
a)
Quaker
b)
diligently
c)
abolitionists
d)
escaped
26.
Susan B. Anthony worked with Elizabeth Stanton for _______.
a)
women's suffrage
b)
justice
c)
expressing
27.
Together Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Stanton fought for women's right to _____.
a)
slavery
b)
vote
c)
expressing
28.
Anthony and Douglass traveled around the country giving speeches _______ their belief in equal rights.
a)
voting
b)
abolitionist
c)
diligently
d)
expressing
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