Cesar Chavez

1)What country was César Chávez a citizen of? Where was he born?
Cesar Chavez was born in the U.S. He was born in March 31, 1927 in his family's farm in Yuma, Arizona.

2)Why did Cesar Chavez and his family become migrant workers?

His family lost their farm after the Great Depression and then became migrant farm workers.

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 Chavez attended 30 elementary and middle schools. After he dropped out of school he went to go work with his family full time as a migrant farm worker.

4)What was the CSO, and what kind of work did Chávez do for them? Why did he quit the CSO in 1962?

The CSO is that they helped members with immigration, tax problems, and how to deal with them. Then Chavez work like a organizer and then became the president of CSO. He quit the Cso and made his new organization called National Farm Workers Association to help people that was promised justice then they were abandoned.

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?

They all had in common by believing want was best for their people and telling the whole U.S. The tactics that they all believed in was to form a organization to help the people to fight injustice.

6) Who were "braceros" and why were did landowners favor hiring "braceros" over other workers?
The Braceros were people who would work longer days and less pay and also would tolerate the working conditions.

7)Other than Latinos, what other ethnic group helped achieve equality for minority farm workers?
The other ethnic group that helped the latinos was the Filipinos by leading a strike against all grape companies in the Delano area.

8)What crop did the UFWA help organize a boycott of in the 1960s? Was the boycott successful?
The UFWa helped boycott the Schenley Liquor Company for the majority vineyards in San Joaquin Valley. It was a success because then after other grape companies were to sign contracts.

9)What famous leaders does the grandpa mention in his story? Why was César Chávez so important to him?

The Grandpa mention President Kennedy,Martin Luther King, and he also mention Cesar Chavez. Chavez was important to him because they both found that they also had rights.

10) How did the grandpa and his grandchild celebrate César Chávez's birthday?

They celebrate it by what has happen today that we also have rights like other people.

11)What was el cortito? What happened to farm workers who used this tool all of their lives? When was it outlawed?

El Cortio is a 24 inch hole in the ground. If they used this tool all of their lives it will often led up lifelong debilitating back injuries. It was outlawed in 1975 after a seven year battle.

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

He left behind that if stick together to go against something to stop it could happen. There is a holiday for his birthday and there are some school name after him.

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.

I chose this "We are suffering. We have suffered. And we are not afraid to suffer in order to win our cause" because in some ways my family suffered to come to this country in order to win a better life and also the same to migrant worker that they are suufering in the fields to win their cause for this job.

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 sacrifice and determination. I value these two beccause to me sacrifice means to do anything that you believe and that there are some stuff to sacrifice to get there. Determination means to me to get something done that I want to accomplished to get there.