Major Events
This 1968 student protest in East LA demanded bilingual education, more Mexican American teachers, and the teaching of Mexican American history and culture.
What are the East Los Angeles Walkouts
This leader used nonviolent protest
Who is Cesar Chavez
Students in Schools ignored demands for better education and this type of program.
What are bilingual programs
This Decade is when the Chicano Movement began.
What is the 1960s
The movement that helped end this in schools.
What is segregration
This 1970 protest in LA opposed the Vietnam War and the police brutality.
What is the Chicano Moratorium
Co-founder of the United Farm Workers
Who is Dolores Huerta
What is police brutality
The movement sought to establish a new identity and gain political power through this type of nationalism.
What is cultural nationalism
Schools began offering this type of education
What is bilingual education
This 1975 law helped protect the voting rights of minorities, including Mexican Americans.
What is the Voting Rights Act
Founder of Alianza Federal de Mercedes
Who is Reies Tijerina
This FBI program was used to monitor and disrupt activists.
What is COINTELPRO
Following this major war, activism in Hispanic communities increased.
What is World War ll
This type of college programs were created about Mexican American history
What are ethnic studies programs
About how many students participated in the walkout
What is 15,000-20,000 students
This organization was founded by Huerta and Chavez.
What is the United Farm Workers
Authorities that opposed activists included local and this level of government.
What is federal government
These were the two major focus areas were rights that the movement fought for.
What are farm workers and education
This protest song says “No, no nos moverán.”
What is “No Nos Moverán”
This journalist was killed during the Chicano Moratorium.
Who is Ruben Salazar
This leader helped pass the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act through activism.
Who is Dolores Huerta
These protests happened because schools refused to improve conditions.
What are the East LA Walkouts
These two student organizations formed during the movement.
What are MAYO and UMAS
Even after the movement, many people still faced this.
What is discrimination