Background
This U.S. state is where Cesar Chavez was born.
What is Arizona? (He was born in Yuma, Arizona in 1927)
Chavez wanted farmworkers to receive fair ______.
What are wages? (Workers were often paid very low wages.)
Workers stopped working in the fields during this protest.
What is a strike? (Strikes pressured employers to improve conditions.)
Farm owners often refused to do this with workers.
What is negotiate? (Growers resisted making changes.)
Chavez helped improve these for farmworkers.
What are working conditions? (Workers gained safer environments.)
Chavez’s family lost their farm during this major economic crisis.
What is the Great Depression? (The economic crisis forced his family into migrant labor.)
Farmworkers were exposed to these dangerous chemicals.
What are pesticides? (These chemicals caused serious health problems.)
Chavez led a famous boycott of this crop.
What are grapes? (The grape boycott gained national support.)
Workers feared losing this if they joined protests.
What are their jobs? (Many risked being fired.)
Chavez’s work led to better ______ for workers.
What are wages? (Many workers earned more money.)
Chavez belonged to this group of workers who moved for jobs.
What are migrant workers? (His family traveled for seasonal farm work.)
Chavez believed workers should have this right to unite.
What is the right to organize? (Organizing gave workers power to demand change.)
Chavez helped create this labor union.
What is the United Farm Workers (UFW)? (The UFW organized farmworkers.)
Protesters sometimes faced this from opponents.
What is violence? (Some protests were met with aggression.)
Chavez became a symbol of this movement.
What is the civil rights movement? (His work supported equality.)
Chavez worked for this organization before starting his movement.
What is the Community Service Organization (CSO)?
(The CSO taught him organizing skills.)
Chavez fought for this idea of fairness and equality.
What is social justice? (He believed all workers deserved dignity.)
Chavez led a long protest march in this state.
What is California? (The march raised awareness across the state.)
Chavez was sometimes arrested by this group.
What is law enforcement (police)? (Activists were detained during protests.)
This holiday honors Chavez in the U.S.
What is Cesar Chavez Day? (It celebrates his contributions.)
Chavez’s heritage is connected to this ethnic group.
Who are Mexican Americans? (His background shaped his understanding of injustice.)
Chavez believed strongly in this peaceful principle.
What is nonviolence? (He used peaceful protest methods.)
Chavez believed strongly in this peaceful principle.
What is nonviolence? (He used peaceful protest methods.)
Some critics thought this method was too slow.
What is nonviolent protest? (People wanted faster results.)
Chavez’s work still influences this issue today.
What are workers’ rights? (Labor movements still follow his example.)