Question 1
Which president was particularly good at courting Latino votes but did not reward his followers when elected in 1972?
A) Truman
B) Nixon
C) Kennedy
D) Ford
Question 2
As a leader among Chicanos during the 1970s, Rodolfo Corky Gonzales
A) avoided activities that might bring confrontation with the authorities.
B) enthusiastically supported the war in Vietnam.
C) pressed for return of land that the United States government had taken from Mexicans years earlier.
D) founded the Crusade for Justice.
Question 3
The demands by Mexican Americans for improvement in their educational opportunities during the 1970s
A) resulted in more Latino teachers, counselors, and courses.
B) met with little success.
C) focused on becoming assimilated into Anglo culture.
D) generally met with little resistance from educational authorities.
Question 4
During the 1970s, efforts by Mexican American farm workers to improve their working conditions
A) resulted in a Texas law requiring the closed shop.
B) led California to pass a law requiring growers to bargain collectively.
C) led growers to stop using their labor.
D) failed to have any impact on legislation in California.
Question 5
Chavez was successful in using what tactic when grape growers did not concede to his union demands?
A) strike
B) political lobbying in Washington, D.C
C) school walkouts
D) nationwide consumer boycott
Question 6
The person who led the union movement among Chicano farm workers during the 1960s was
A) Joseph Montoya.
B) Cesar Chavez.
C) Henry B. Gonzales.
D) Henry Cisneros.