WorksheetsCesar Chavez
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Cesar Chavez worked for the rights of which group of people?
a)
women
b)
farm workers
c)
teachers
d)
African Americans
2.
What is the name of the labor union started by Cesar Chavez?
a)
United Farm Workers
b)
American Federation of Labor
c)
Women's Suffrage
d)
The Supreme Court
3.
Cesar Chavez led a strike to demand higher wages for grape pickers in which state?
a)
Maryland
b)
New York
c)
South Carolina
d)
California
4.
Which of the following describes the living conditions of the people Chavez helped?
a)
No sanitation facilities
b)
Overcrowded
c)
Little pay
d)
All of the above
5.
Which of the following were ways Cesar Chavez helped get rights for farm workers?
a)
Lead nonviolent marches
b)
Organized boycotts
c)
Started a labor union
d)
All of the above
6.
Action taken to show that people want change.
a)
legacy
b)
protest
c)
freedom of expression
d)
labor union
7.
A person who goes from place to place in search of work.
a)
justice
b)
march
c)
migrant worker
d)
slavery
8.
Refusal by workers to work to protest low pay, or poor working conditions.
a)
strike
b)
protest
c)
boycott
d)
fast
9.
Refusing to buy something as a protest.
a)
fast
b)
boycott
c)
diligence
d)
justice
10.
Cesar Chavez was born near
a)
Terre Haute, Indiana
b)
Clovis, Texas
c)
Yuma, Arizona
d)
San Francisco, California
11.
A Union is a group of workers who join together to get better and working conditions.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
Cesar served his country by being in the
a)
Marines
b)
Navy
c)
Army
d)
Air Force
13.
Cesar helped ______ pickers and their working conditions.
a)
watermelon
b)
corn
c)
grape
d)
onion
14.
Cesar's Family lost its farm during The Great Depression
a)
True
b)
False
15.
What was an effect of Cesar moving around a lot as a young child?
a)
He never went to school.
b)
He graduated high school.
c)
He attended over 30 different schools.
d)
None of the above.
16.
Hard and long work.
a)
march
b)
fast
c)
freedom of expression
d)
diligence
17.
How did Cesar help Mexican American farm workers get better pay?
a)
By starting a war.
b)
By complaining a lot.
c)
By asking workers to strike and boycott.
d)
By leading people North to freedom.
18.
Why did Cesar's family move so much?
a)
they hoped to find a better school for their children
b)
they wanted to see more of America
c)
they went where there was work
d)
they had to visit family members
19.
How did Cesar Chavez become a hero?
a)
he fought an important battle in World War II
b)
he became a labor union leader
c)
he freed Mexican Americans from migrant work on farms
d)
he opened a school or Mexican American children
20.
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
21.
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
22.
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
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