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Cesar Chavez vocab
vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| barrios | neighborhoods populated by Spanish-speaking people |
| boycotts | protests in which people refuse to buy something |
| civil disobedience | the act of peacefully breaking laws because they are unjust |
| drudgery | hard, boring work |
| fasts | not eating on purpose |
| grass-roots | political movement beginning with people who lack political power |
| Great Depression | an economic crisis in the US that started in 1929 and lasted through 1930s |
| labor contractors | farm bosses in charge of hiring and paying workers |
| labor unions | a group of workers that act together to protect and expand their rights in the workplace |
| meager | low, too little to be worth anything |
| migrant farm workers | workers who move to wherever crops are ready to plant or harvest |
| nonviolence | the refusal to use physical force |
| picket lines | protests in which people march or stand in lines, often waving flags |
| poll | a sampling or collection of opinions on a subject |