Unit 6 Flashcards
(21 cards)
It only takes ____ person to make a difference.
one
A farmworker is
someone who works on a farm.
Cesar Chavez lived in
Arizona
Cesar Chavez at age 11 moved to
California
Cesar Chavez made his community better by
1) helping farmworkers have saver working conditions
2) helping farmworkers get paid more
strike
when workers stop working until their problems are solved.
boycott
to refuse to use or buy goods
It was ______ before the farm owners gave in and changed conditions for their workers.
years
Ruby Bridges lived in
New Orleans, Louisiana
Ruby Bridges was only ______ years old when she made a difference in her community.
six
Ruby Bridges was the first _________________.
African American to go to an all white shcool.
On her first day of school___________________.
she walked with two policemen as angry crowds yelled and threw things.
Lois Marie Gibbs lived in
Niagra Falls, NY
A canal is
a waterway made by humans.
Lois Gibbs discovered that
a canal near her childrens school was pollutted and making kids sick.
The result of Lois Gibbs finding pulluted water was that________.
businesses have to stop putting chemicals into water. The families were moved. Today she helps people all over the country make communities safer.
Judy Heumann lived in
Brooklyn, NY
Judy Heumann was a healthy baby but
got sick with a disease called polio that caused her legs to not work.
Judy Heumann went to college to be a teacher but could not get a job because
NYC wouldn’t hire her because she was in a wheelchair.
Judy Heumann sued the city and_____________.
was able to teach.
Today Judy Heumann_____________.
helps other disabled people from being treated unfairly with her group, Disabled in Action.
