SI SE PUEDE

1. WHAT COUNTRY WAS CESAR CHAVEZ A CITIZEN OF? WHERE WAS HE BORN?
Cesar Chavez is a US citizen and was born in Yuma Arizona ..


2. WHY DID CESAR CHAVEZ AND HIS family become migrant workers?
They became migrant workers because they lost their farm..


3. HOW MANY SCHOOLS DID CESAR CHAVEZ ATTEND BEFORE HE DROPPED OUT OF SCHOOL IN THE 8TH GRADE ? WHAT DID HE DO AFTER HE DROPPED OUT? He attend more than 30 elementary and middle schools.After he dropped out he work in the fields.


4. WHAT WAS THE CSO, AND WHAT KIND OF WORK DID CHAVEZ DO FOR THEM? WHY DID HE QUIT THE CSO IN 1962? CSO is Community Service Organization.Cso helped them with immigration and tax problems also they show them how to deal with police or discrimination problems.He quit when the organization turned down.


5. USING YOUR OWN KNOWLEDGE OF HISTORY AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT,WHAT DO YOU THINK CESAR CHAVEZ, MAHATMA GANDHI, AND MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. ALL HAD IN COMMMON? WHAT SORT OF TACTIS OR DEMONTRATIONS DID THEY BELIEVE WORKED BEST IN FIGHTING INJUSTICE? They all help people with their rights.They believed that you should be treated the same as everyone else.


6. Who were "braceros" and why were did landowners favor hiring "braceros" over other workers?The braceros were farmworkers.The landowners hired braceros because they worked longer days for less pay.


7. Other than Latinos, what other ethnic group helped achieve equality for minority farm workers? The other ethnic group to help achieve equality for minority farm workers is philipins..


8. What crop did the UFWA help organize a boycott of in the 1960s? Was the boycott successful? The United Farm Workers Organizing Committe decided to boycott and it was successful.


9. What famous leaders does the grandpa mention in his story? Why was César Chávez so important to him? He mention John Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., and
César E. Chávez .He was important to him because he told him that he had rights ..


10. How did the grandpa and his grandchild celebrate César Chávez's birthday?
By telling The story.


11. What was el cortito? What happened to farm workers who used this tool all of their lives? When was it outlawed? El Cortito was a hoe that was only twenty-four inches long, forcing the farmworkers who used it to bend and stoop all day long—a position that often led to lifelong, debilitating back injuries.


12. What kind of a legacy did César Chávez leave behind? Are there any holidays, monuments, or schools named after him? The legacy he left behind is 'Sí se puede, and people celebrate his birthday.


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. "SI SE PUEDE" This quote for me shows that everyone can do what they really want.such as when a person wants a house or something they really want then they can do anything to get it.


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 more respect for life and environment because everyone should respect everyones life and not doing something bad to their lifes,not getting into their personal things if the other person doesnt want.Respect for community because its where we live.We should always keep it clean.