MAS Unit 5 Exam - Beginnings of Chicano Movement

According to Aztec legend, Aztlan refers to the -

• place on Lake Texaco where the Aztecs settled.

• mythical homeland of the Aztecs in the Southwest.

• the eagle perched on a cactus with a snake in its beak.

• place where the two Aztec gods fought a sacred battle.

__________ created the La Raza Unida Party to better serve the needs of the Hispanic population of Texas.

• Corky Gonzales

• Reies Tijerina

• Roy Benavidez

• Jose Angel Gutierrez

A form of political protest that reflects a conscious decision to break a law believed to be immoral, unfair, or unjust.

• Civil Disobedience

• Boycotting

• Militancy

• None of the above

United States foreign policy during the 1950s and 1960s was -

• focused on aggressive action against communist nations

• focused on containing the spread of communism

• focused on diplomatically solving political issues with the Soviet Union

• focused on isolation and neutrality

The name give to the union in the late 1960s begun by Cesar Chavez to fight for and protect the rights of migrant workers:

• Cannery and Agricultural Workers Industrial Union

• Mexican Mutual Aid Society

• United Farm Workers (of America)

• Mexican American Youth Organization

The activist group founded in 1967 in response to police treatment of Mexican Americans was the -

• G.I. Forum

• La Raza Unida Party

• Mexican American Youth Organization

• Brown Berets

Founded in Crystal City, Texas, ________ was a political party created to address the concern of Mexican Americans.

• La Raza Unida

• G.I. Forum

• League of United Latin American Citizens

• Mexican American Youth Organization

____________ overthrew dictator Fulgencio Batista in 1959 and set up a communist dictatorship in Cuba.

• Dolores Huerta

• Fidel Castro

• Father Hidalgo

• Robert F. Kennedy

_______ worked with Cesar Chavez and the UFW(A) to boycott grapes in California, resulting in better working conditions and pay for migrant farmers.

• Corky Gonzales

• Dolores Huerta

• Frida Kahlo

• Reies Lopes Tijerina

Led the movement to restore land grans to the descendants of Spanish and Mexican colonials.

• Reies Lopez Tijerina

• Cesar Chavez

• Dolores Huerta

• Corky Gonzales