Cesar Chavez

1. What country was César Chávez a citizen of? Where was he born?
Cesar was born in Yuma,Arizona, and he was a citizen from of the Unitied States of America.

2. Why did Cesar Chavez and his family become migrant workers?
Cesar Chavez's family became migrant workers because they were losing thier farm in the great depression.

3. How many schools did César Chávez attend before he dropped out of school in the 8th grade? What did he do after he dropped out?
Cesar attented more than 30 elementary and middle schools. After he dropped out he went to work in the fields full time to support his family.

4. What was the CSO, and what kind of work did Chávez do for them? Why did he quit the CSO in 1962?
Community Service Organization, they would help memebers with immiration,tax problems, how to deal with piolce violce and discrimination. Chavez quit because they turned down his request for the farmworkers.

5. Using your own knowledge of history and the civil rights movement, what do you think César Chávez, Mahatma Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, Jr. all had in common? What sort of tactics or demonstrations did they believe worked best in fighting injustice?
All of these people made a change. They all made a change by doing the right things like marches, speaches, and getting people together for the right reasons.

6. Who were "braceros" and why were did landowners favor hiring "braceros" over other workers?
Braceros are people who work for a longer time, and less money. They also had to put up with the working conditions.

7. Other than Latinos, what other ethnic group helped achieve equality for minority farm workers?
Other than latinos, Filipinos got help too.

8. What crop did the UFWA help organize a boycott of in the 1960s? Was the boycott successful?
They organized a boycott for Schenley Liquor Company, it was one of the most successful boycotts in America.

9. What famous leaders does the grandpa mention in his story? Why was César Chávez so important to him?
The famous leaders that grandpa metion were John Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., and César E. Chávez. Cesar was very inmportant to him because he was the one that told grandpa to be proud of his work.

10. How did the grandpa and his grandchild celebrate César Chávez's birthday?
Grandpa and his grandchild celebrated Cesar's birthday by working in the fields.

11. What was el cortito? What happened to farm workers who used this tool all of their lives? When was it outlawed?
El corito was a postion that the farmworkers had to work in. Workers that used all of thier lives would have back injuries.It was outlawed in 1975.

12. What kind of a legacy did César Chávez leave behind? Are there any holidays, monuments, or schools named after him?

Cesar left the legacy of being a proud farm worker. There are no holidays, but the is schools named after him.

FINAL TASK
13. Pick one quote from Cesar Chavez and explain why you feel that the quote you picked has special significance to you personally, to minorities, and/or migrant workers.

"We need to help students and parents cherish and preserve the ethnic and cultural diversity that nourishes and strengthens this community - and this nation." Cesar Chavez

I got this quote because I think this is what we should all do to have a good nation and we should all help one another in anything we can.

14. Some core values of Cesar Chavez are service to others, sacrifice, determination, nonviolence, acceptance, respect for life and environment, community, knowledge, and innovation. Which 2 do YOU value the most and why?

I value the most is knowledge and nonviolence, because without knowledge you aren't really nothing knowledge is what hepls you in life. Nonvoilence is valuable to me because you can always fix things without violence. Fighting is not going to fix things its just going to make it worse.