15 questions
What year was Cesar Chavez born?
1931
1927
1937
1962
Where was César Chávez born?
Yuma, Arizona
Los Angeles, California
Chicago, Illinois
Miami, Florida
How did César's parents support the family after they lost their farm?
They opened a store.
They became insurance agents.
They worked on oil rigs.
They became migrant farm workers.
When did César Chávez begin to work as a farm worker.
He began after we serves in the Navy
He began after he graduated from high school.
He began after the 6th grade.
He began after the 8th grade.
What community organization dis César Chavez join in 1952?
The Red Cross
The Community Service Organization
The American Civil Liberties Organization
The National Rifle Association
What organization does César Chavez found?
The National Grape Growers of America
The California Agricultural Forum
The American Association of Farmers
The National Farm Workers Association
Who worked closely with César in the NFWA to organize workers.
Rosario Dawson
Henry Casteneda
Dolores Huerta
Robert Kennedy
Which organization did Chavez and the NFWA join with to ensure worker rights with grape producers?
The Filipino organization, AWOC
The Chinese organization NCWA
The Farmers organization NAPA
The Teamsters Union
What was the boycott of the California table grape growers called?
Paralauva
Sí se puede
El Boycott
La Causa
Which other food producer did the NFWA target?
The cattle ranchers
The strawberry growers
The lettuce producers of California
The almond growers
in what year did the California Labor Relations Act go into effect?
1975
1962
1999
1941
What was the effect of the California Labor Relations Act?
It allowed farm producers to retaliate with violence against striking farm workers.
It allowed farm producers to return to Mexico in search of migrant workers.
It allowed farm workers the right to boycott and bargain collectively for wages and benefits.
It allowed all workers the right to free water.
Why was the fight for worker rights in the lettuce fields so important?
There were many slugs and bugsin the fields that bit the workers.
Growers typically used pesticides the serious health problems for workers.
Growers did not allow workers to take breaks for water.
Growers did not offer protective clothing to workers.
What is a fast?
A slow moving train.
A speedy recovery.
A period of time when someone chooses not to eat.
A march of 250 miles.
What year did César Chávez die?
He died in 1962
He died in 1993
He died in 1979
He died in 1999