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1. What country was Cesar Chavez a citizen of? Where was he born? He was a citizen of the United States. He was born in Yuma, Arizona.

2. Why did Cesar Chavez and his family become migrant workers? Cesar Chavez and his family became migrant farm workers after losing their farm in the Great Depression.

3. How many schools did Cesar Chavez attend before he dropped out of school in the 8th grade? What did he do after he dropped out? Cesar Chavez attended more than 30 elementary and middle schools. After that Cesar joined the US Navy in 1946. And served in the Western Pacific in the aftermath of World War II. when he came back he got marry to Helen Favela and had eight children.

4. What was the CSO, and what kind of work did Chavez do for them? Why did he quit the CSO in 1962? The CSO was organization that helped it members with immigration problems and tax problems. It also taught them how to deal with police violence and discrimination. Cesar Chavez was the president of the CSO. He quit because he had a new organization the NFWA.

5. Using your own knowledge of history and the civil rights movement, what do you think Cesar Chavez, Mahatma Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, Jr. all had in common? What sort of tactics or demonstrations did they believe worked best in fighting injustice? They wanted rights for people and if they had problems they did not quit. they worked on having dignity for people who were marginalized by society.

6. Who were "braceros" and why were did landowners favor hiring "braceros" over other workers? Braceros were people who work longer days for less money and would tolerate the working conditions.

7. Other than Latinos, what other ethnic group helped achieve equality for minority farm workers? Mexicans and Filipinos

8. What crop did the UFWA help organize a boycott of in the 1960s? Was the boycott successful? The boycott provided workers with significant benefits and producers were forced to sing contracts. The UFWA help all the workers that work in bad conditions.

9. What famous leaders does the grandpa mention in his story? Why was Cesar Chavez so important to him? John Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr.

10. How did the grandpa and his grandchild celebrate Cesar Chavez's birthday? They celebrate his birthday by remembering what did he do and all his goals and what he change.

11. What was el cortito? What happened to farm workers who used this tool all of their lives? When was it outlawed? El cortito was a twenty-four inches long hoe that was used by workers they use to bend and stoop all day long. Workers that use it for long time had back injuries.

12. What kind of a legacy did Cesar Chavez leave behind? Are there any holidays, monuments, or schools named after him? The legacy he leave was equal rights for all the people and people do remember him.