People, Events & Vocab
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| A worker who moves from place to place | migrant
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| to become a part of something | assimilate
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| Person living in U.S. who was born in or whose descendents were born in Latin America | Latino
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| Term used by Mexican Americans to describe themselves; it symbolizes their cultural heritage | Chicano
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| The rejection of all forms of violence, even in response to the use of violence by one’s opponents | Non violent resistance
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| the act of peacefully disobeying unjust law | Civil Disobedience
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| a set of federal policies, primarily in education and employment, that give preferential treatment to racial minorities and women because of past discrimination | Affirmative Action
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| Leader of the UFW and chief negotiator during the Delano strike | Delores Huerta
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| Leader of UFW who practiced nonviolence | Cesar Chavez
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| Passed in 1998 it ended bilingual education in California | Proposition 227 passed in California
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| Helped Latinos by getting better wages and protections on the job | United Farm Workers boycott grapes
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| Founded in 1969 it is a Mexican American political party | La Raza Unida founded
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| Students walkout of classes in an effort to get more Latino cheerleaders, teachers, and courses | Crystal City strike
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| Law that made illegal all methods used to deny Latinos the right to vote | Voting Rights Act 1965
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| Court case the ruled Hispanics are protected by the 14th Amendment | Hernandez v. Texas
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| Spanish word for strike | La Huelga
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| Activist group of young Chicanos in the late 1960’s who carried arms to protect themselves and their community from police brutality | Brown Berets
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| Mexican American political party that fought for bilingual education, regulation of public utilities and tax breaks for low income people | La Raza Unida
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| Labor union activist | Luisa Moreno
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| Early rock and roller who sang “La Bamba” | Ritchie Valens
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| Latino tennis great | Pancho Gonzales
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| His New Deal programs helped some Mexican Americans but many were excluded | Franklin Roosevelt
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| Occurred in 1943 when Mexican Americans and Anglo sailors fought | Zoot Suit riots begin
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| Organization who fights to desegregate many public places | League of United Latin American Citizens
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| Court case that desegregates public schools in California | Mendez v. Westminster
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| Union designed to help migrants have better working conditions and wages | National Farm Workers Association formed
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| Created in 1921 to raise awareness of Mexican American civil rights and fight for fair wages, education & housing | Order of Sons of America organized
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| A worker who moves from place to place | migrant
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| Colorful outfits with oversized jackets and pants and wide brimmed hat | Zoot suit
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| Organization created to help workers gain better working conditions and pay | Labor union
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| A person of Mexican heritage who considers Texas home | Tejano
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| A white/caucasian person | Anglo
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| Required all Californios to prove their land claims or lose them | California Land Settlement Act
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| Mutual aid society which provided social, economic, & political help to Latinos | Mutualista
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| Law that encouraged settlers to move west | Homestead Act
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| Formed in 1835 white law enforcement who used violence and intimidation & to battle Mexican raiders | Texas Rangers
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| Known as White Caps, who harassed ranchers by cutting wire fences | Gorras Blancas
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| Used violence to fight for Tejano rights | Juan Cortina
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| Ended the Mexican American war and made mexicans who lived in the Mexican Cession citizens overnight | Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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| the idea of the United States spreading from coast to coast as God's will | Manifest Destiny
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