The Chicano Movement/Culture
Name of the person best known for organizing the Delano Grape Strike/Boycott.
Cesar E. Chavez
This militant Chicano organization, named after a Mexican revolutionary group, provided protection at protests and advocated for community control.
These protests by high school students in 1968 demanded better educational opportunities and an end to racist policies in schools.
The 1969 East LA Walkouts
This term refers to the social construct that categorizes people based on physical traits, often tied to power structures.
Race
This ancient wonder, located in Egypt, is the only one of the original Seven Wonders of the World still standing today.
The Pyramid of Giza
These types of cars are often considered moving pieces of art and symbols of cultural pride among Mexican Americans.
Lowriders
This East LA-based activist group, formed in response to environmental issues, fought against the construction of a prison in their neighborhood.
The Mothers of East LA
These 1943 riots saw clashes between Mexican American youth and U.S. servicemen in Los Angeles, sparking national attention.
The Zoot Suit Riots
This term describes shared cultural, historical, and linguistic traits that define a group of people, often tied to nationality.
Ethnicity
The name of the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
The Bill of Rights
Name of the Mexican American youths who wore zoot suits.
Pachuco/as
This Chicano leader was instrumental in organizing the 1968 East LA Walkouts.
Sal Castro
Known as the epicenter of Chicano culture, this East LA street became famous for political protests, cruising, and cultural expression.
Whittier Boulevard
This term refers to the legal status of belonging to a particular nation, often used in discussions of citizenship and immigration.
Nationality
The major economic recession of the 1930s.
The Great Depression
This group advocated for farmworkers' rights, playing a key role in the Chicano Movement.
The United Farm Workers
This journalist for the Los Angeles Times became a voice for the Chicano community before his tragic death during the Chicano Moratorium.
Ruben Salazar
This was the site of a major anti-Vietnam War protest in East LA, which ended in violence and the death of Ruben Salazar.
The Chicano Moratorium
The term used to describe the process of a person adopting the habits and culture of another ethnic group.
Acculturation
The Renaissance
Name of the Indigenous Peoples of Los Angeles
Chumash and Tongva
A leader in the Chicano Civil Rights Movement, this individual helped to co-found the Brown Berets and fought for equality in education.
David Sanchez
Name for the places Japanese Americans were sent to during WWII because they were seen as threats to the safety of the United States.
WWII Internment Camps
This term refers to the concept of belonging to two or more cultural identities, as often seen among Mexican Americans.
Hyphen-Nation
Name of the French military leader known for conquering most of Europe in the late 1700s and early 1800s.
Napoleon Bonaparte