Slides Trivia
Who was the teacher that led student walkouts, and was a prominent leader of the Chicanx Movement?
Sal Castro
How did the Chicanx movement shape policies in education?
Bilingual education
Equal funding
Chicano studies
What is the other name the Chicanx movement is known as?
El Movimiento
What year(s) were the Mexican Revolution, preceding the student walkouts?
1910-1920
How did it make you feel to learn of the similarities between early 1900's U.S. border control and WWII Germany's tactics?
Not the best
Hypocritical of the U.S.
Importance of history
What year were Latino-Americans allowed to vote?
Voting Rights Act of 1965- not true
1975- Gerald Ford
Approximately how many students walked out of schools across Los Angeles in 1968?
Over 15,000
What other groups worked together during the Chicanx movement? What does this say about successful organization?
Black Panthers
United Farm Workers
Power in numbers
The student to counselor ratio in East L.A. schools was what?
4000-1
In the 1968 student walkout, how many students were arrested outside of Hall of Justice in Downtown L.A.?
13 students
How would you organize a walkout across seven schools? Would it be easier or harder to do today?
Either you said a good answer or a bad one
What year was "Chicano" first used as a term?
1911
What were some reasons Chicanx students revolted?
Poorly maintained, overcrowded schools with underqualified teachers.
How did the Chicanx movement of the 1960's, specifically 1968, influence the development of student activism in schools?
Creation of MAYO, UMAS
Awareness, representation
Inspired other movements- BLM, LGBTQ Rights activism
What was the name of the Chicanx military-style organization?
Brown Berets