1940s and 50s
Leader of the American G.I. Forum
Hector Garcia
Male leader of the Farmworkers Movement
Cesar Chavez
The American GI Forum created Viva La ________ clubs to influence the outcome of the 1960 presidential election.
Kennedy
The East L.A. "Blowouts" encompassed student ____________ to protest poor schools.
walkouts
Name of the dictator who rose to power with the Cuban Revolution of 1959.
Fidel Castro
The American GI Forum helped Latino veterans access their ______ bill benefits to go to college.
G.I.
Dolores Huerta
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 banned ___________ in public places.
segregation
Corky Gonzalez
Name of the Puerto Rican activist group that began in the 1960s in Chicago
Young Lords
Operation __________ was a mass deportation program that targeted Mexican immigrants.
Wetback
The United Farm workers primary methods of activism were a strike and ___________ to pressure growers.
boycott
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 banned the use of _________ tests.
literacy
The Chicano ________________ called for an end to the Vietnam War.
Moratorium
After the Cuban Revolution, the U.S. instituted an ______________ against Cuba, to end all trade.
Embargo
Mendez v. Westminster
The United Farm Workers led a 300 mile march from Delano to ________________ to gain national attention and pressure the California state government.
Sacramento
La Raza Unida was a political __________ created by Jose Angel Gutierrez to help elect Chicanos to political office in Texas.
party
Lau v. ________ was a Supreme Court case that required schools to offer bilingual services to students who do not speak English.
Nichols
Operation ___________ was an economic program designed to industrialize Puerto Rico.
Bootleg
The _________ Program, created in 1942, would continue throughout the 1950s, eventually ending in 1964
Bracero
Mexican-American farmworkers joined with _________ farmworkers to form the United Farm Workers union.
Filipino-Americans
The Southwest Voter Registration Education Project led by __________________ would dramatically increase the power and influence of Latino voters in Texas.
Willie Velasquez
Reies López Tijerina sought the return of Chicano ________ in New Mexico through direct action.
land
Since the 1960s, Cuban-Americans have tended to vote for the _______________ Party.`