Latino Americans- Chicano Flashcards
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United Farm Workers/ National Farm Workers Association
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Cesar Chavez started it, fought for better working conditions, health care, and livable wages for migrant workers on farms, worked with Itliong
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Farm Workers Union CA
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1962- strike and boycott table grapes, 1975- CA law- collective bargaining growers and union reps: legal to ask 4 better conditions
3
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Chicano Movement parts
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Pt. 1: increase latino awareness of history and culture- heritage in schools. Pt 2: Increase quality of life: less poverty and discrimination, obtain political power.
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Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
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Abolish quotas, opened doors to those who contribute most to the country, open door policy for anyone who needs to come here. Rise in immigration population.
