Cesar Chavez: We Can Do It | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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Why did the Chavez family have to become migrant workers? (TWO REASONS)

Great Depression, people couldn't shop at their store, drought dried up the farm

plants such as corn or wheat that farmers sell

crops

The NFWA went on strike at the grape farms to demand better...

pay

What did Cesar have to do when he was 15?

work in the fields so his family could survive

Why did the Chavez family face discrimination?

They were Mexican American

effect that an event or situation has on someone or something

impact

What happened during the Great Depression?

people lost jobs and didn't have money

to stop working because of a disagreement about pay or working conditions

strike

What is "publicity"?

attention someone / something gets from news, tv, other media

an organization of workers that bargains as a group

union

What did Cesar's time in the Navy convince him of?

Mexican American farm workers deserve better treatment

How did Cesar finally get the grape farmers to meet his demands?

He organized a march, they didn't like the publicity

Why did many farm workers join the National Farm Workers Association?

to fight for their rights

solids, liquids, or gasses in chemistry

chemicals

to ask strongly for something

demand

determination to do something even though it is difficult or other people oppose it

persistence

What are three things Chavez did to fight for farm workers?

starved himself, marched, spent time in jail, death threats, formed unions ...etc

What does the Agricultural Labor Relations Act promise?

basic rights for all farm workers

People who go to another country to find work. Often in farming and other difficult jobs.

migrant workers

established a business, organization, school, etc

founded

Why did people gather to see Cesar Chavez in April of 1966?

He gave them hope.

work that requires a lot of physical effort

labor