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WorksheetsHispanic and Latin Americans
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 30mins
Where was Cesar Chavez born?
California
Arizona
Mexico
New Mexico
What state did the Chavez family move to during the Great Depression?
New York
Mexico
California
Arizona
To earn money, Cesar and his family became
migrant workers
teachers
lawyers
store owners
What is a migrant worker?
Someone who rents land to farm
Someone who travels from place to place to work
Someone who likes to farm
Someone who grows enough food to feed their family
What union did Cesar Chavez start?
Community Service Organization
La Causa
Huelga
National Farm Workers Association
Why did Cesar Chavez picket stores that sold grapes?
He did not like grapes
He liked to eat apples instead
He was allergic to grapes
Growers used chemicals to kill insects and this hurt the migrant workers
What group did Cesar Chavez start?
Migrant Workers in America
Future Farmers of America
Migrant Rights Matter
United Farm Workers
How long did Chavez's group strike?
1 month
15 months
3 years
5 years
What does Agent of Change mean?
Someone who buys people's votes
Someone who goes on strike
Someone who fights in a war
Someone who stands up for change
What tactic didn’t the growers use to intimidate strikers?
Playing loud music
Shooting Guns
Calling in the police
Tear Gas
What program brought in about 4 million Mexican citizens to labor on farms during WW2?
Agriculture Adjustment Act
Bronco Program
Victory Garden Act
Bracero Program
Select all that is true about the Bracero Program (3 are correct)
The Braceros converted the agricultural fields of America into the most productive on Earth.
The Braceros caused a great potato famine by using poor farming practices.
Working conditions for these workers were harsh and often unsafe.
Workers made a lot of money.
Wages were low.
Protects undocumented immigrants who came to the US as young children from deportation
Executive Order 13780
Immigration and Nationality Act (1965)
DACA
Displaced Persons Act
The Zoot Suit Riot started in...
June 1943
March 1943
April 1943
July 1943
The Zoot Suit Riot took place in...
Georgia
New Orleans
Atalanta
Los Angeles
Mexican youths were stripped off their suit because the Americans consider wearing it...
Unpatriotic
Unfashionable
Expensive
Seducing
The Mexican zoot suit owners were called...
Pigs
Criminals
Pachucos
Outcast
The Zoot Suite Riot occurred during the...
War of Waterloo
World War 1
World War 2
Mexican American War
In June 1943, 200 sailors collected and burnt zoot suits in which part of Los Angeles?
West Los Angeles
North Los Angeles
East Los Angeles
South Los Angeles
How did the Mayor of Los Angeles get the "zoot suit" riots to stop?
Put all the pachucos and sailors in Jail
Brought in the National Guard and secured the L.A. Border
The Mayor did nothing, the "Zoot Suit" riots just ended on its own
The Mayor banned the Sailors from L.A. and made Zoot Suits Illegal
Why do they call it the Sleepy Lagoon Murder?
The murderer had "sleepy" looking eyes
The victim was found at the "Sleepy Lagoon"
The victim was found drowned in a Lagoon
The victim's body parts were found in the Lagoon
Who was the murder victim in the Sleepy Lagoon Murder?
Juan Diaz
Jose Diaz
Henry Leyva
Henry Reyna
How many State championships did the Cross country team win under Coach White?
6
7
9
10
When they arrived in McFarland why did the daughter of the coach say, "Are we in Mexico?"
She saw only Mexican people in the new town.
They had traveled for days.
The people of the new town spoke only Spanish.
The people spoke Spanish, the stores had signs in Spanish, and the people were poor.
What did the people of McFarland do to raise money to buy new uniforms and money to go to the meets? (pick 2)
held a car wash
sold tamales
sponsored a bake sale
bought them out of the booster funds
