WWII
Women, Fashion, Riots
Honored Accomplishments & Dishonoring Treatments
The Chicano Movement
For Extra Credit (each Qs is 1 extra credit pt)
100
The Latinos who served in WWII were mostly of Mexican descent but over _______ Puerto Ricans served as well.
65,000
100
A female teenager who quit a job in a sewing factory to work at a Goodyear plant manufacturing rubberized gas tanks for fighters and bombers.
Carmen Gurrola
100
June 1944, U.S., ___ ______, a Mexican American from California, was among the 8,000 Marines involved in this Battle of Saipan. On his own, he captured over 15,000 Japanese prisoners of war.
Guy Gabaldon
100
Who were the two main leaders of the California labor workers movement (which then led to foundation of the United Farm Workers)? What was the origin and destination for the 300-mile Pilgrimage that they organized?
Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta.
From Delano to Sacramento, in CA.
100
What was the name of the Chinese American college student murdered in 1982?
Vincent Chin
200
He got his MD from the U-Texas at Galveston and completed his residency in Nebraska. Though he had medical officer credentials, he was placed in infantry. It was assumed that Mexicans lacked MD credentials.
Dr. Hector P. Garcia
200
A new style of dress popular among Latinos in Los Angeles.
Zoot Suit
200
This Hollywood movie misrepresents this soldier's ethnic identity. He was a 5’4” Mexican American but he was played by a 6’0” Anglo-American actor named Jeffrey Hunter (Name of soldier and movie?)
Hell to Eternity & Guy Gabaldon
200
Where does the word 'Chicano' come from?
It comes form the word 'Mexica', the original name of the Aztecs (which was a Spanish word)
200
What was the name of the act that allowed undocummented children who came as minors to stay in the US?
The DREAM Act
300
“Don’ shoot! Please don’t shoot! Friendly Aircraft!” were the last words this person spoke. He was among the first American casualties and one of an estimated half-million Latinos who served in World War II.
Ensign Manuel Gonzales
300
Confrontations between Anglo and Mexican Americans in Los Angeles, erupted on June 4,1943 into the _______ _____ _____. About 200 White sailors and Marines, armed with sticks and bats, targeted anyone—including 12 year olds.
Zoot Suit Riots
300
Was killed leading a successful charge against a key Japanese defensive position when the Allies retook the Aleutian Islands. He was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Private Joe P. Martinez
300
How many students participated in the first walk-out in March 6, 1968? For how long did these walk-outs continue?
Around 10,000 students. It went on for two weeks.
300
Who was the student mentioned as the pioneer in the fight and creation of the DREAM Act?
Tereza Lee (born in Brazil to South Korean parents; then migrated to the US and studied piano)
400
Due to the millions called to military service during WWII, there was a massive labor shortage. The U.S. government created this program to employ guest workers from rural Mexico.
Bracero Program
400
Three ethnic groups who were targeted and beaten during the riots in Los Angeles, along with those who tried to stop the attack.
Mexican Americans, Black Americans, and American Filipinos
400
A total of __ Latinos won the Congressional Medal of Honor. In proportion, Latinos won more Congressional Medals of Honor than any other ethnic group.
(From Asian Americans: Which battalion was the most decorated one in US history?)
11 (Joe P. Martinez, plus TEN other Latinos).
(442nd battalion)
400
What does "La Raza" refer to? What kind of group does it name? Who founded "La Raza Unida" in the late 1960s?
La Raza was the largest Latino organization claiming for civil rights.
José Ángel Gutierrez
400
"... being a Brown person in the post 9/11 era (means) that you get victimized twice", says Hari Kondabolu. What does he mean by that?
Because "Muslim-looking" population are afraid of terrorism AND they are targeted by generalized hate.
500
Won Medal of Honor, member of the Army’s 22nd Infantry Regiment. In 1944 near the German Border and Hurtgen Forest, he used grenades to destroy two German machine gun nests.
Macario Garcia
500
Was a member of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corp, served in Algiers transmitting encoded messages to the Battlefield. Along with Hector Acedo, Jose Zaragoza, Pedro del Valle, and Joe P. Martinez, she was among the many Latinos whose sacrifices have been forgotten.
Carmen Contreras Bozak
500
Two and ½ weeks after receiving the Congressional Medal of Honor in August 1945, ________ ________ entered The Oasis Café in Richmond, Texas and was refused service. He argued that he was denied service because of his race.
Macario Garcia
500
Who was the first Mexican American representative, from Texas?
And who performed alternative ways of political activism for Latinx people, mainly through voters drives?
Henry B. (Barbosa) González
Willie Velasquez
500
Who was the leader of the campaign to end Miami's bilingual context?
Emmy Shafer