The chicano movement by https://padlet.com/400030621/n2g5gvr15sg5812p en-us 2023-01-27 23:08:14 UTC 2025-11-09 05:36:13 UTC hello@padlet.com What was your movement about? What were the goals of the movement? What was it trying to achieve? 400030621 https://padlet.com/400030621/n2g5gvr15sg5812p/wish/2459533704 The Chicano movement was about Mexican-Americans in the 20th century wanting to change the way of the American society in order to achieve a multitude of goals such as labor rights, better education, and at one point land reclamation. Overall Mexican-Americans just wanted to be proud of their roots in America.]]> 2023-01-27 23:21:08 UTC https://padlet.com/400030621/n2g5gvr15sg5812p/wish/2459533704 Who was involved? Specific leaders, organizations, people who influenced it? 400030621 https://padlet.com/400030621/n2g5gvr15sg5812p/wish/2459537428 The person who really started and influenced the movement was Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta who had founded the United Farm workers. Their main goal was to fight for better social and economic conditions. Chavez along with Huerta were able to lend a hand with a strike with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee who was mainly composed of Filipino-American workers who were wanting better working conditions.]]> 2023-01-27 23:32:59 UTC https://padlet.com/400030621/n2g5gvr15sg5812p/wish/2459537428 When did this movement take place? Is it still continuing? When did key events happen? 400030621 https://padlet.com/400030621/n2g5gvr15sg5812p/wish/2459542564 The movement took place between 1965-1975. Key events that happened during the movement was the strike for grape workers in which Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta helped out in. This is what really started the movement. The creation of the organization "Crusade for Justice" which was founded by Rodolfo Gonzalez was another key event. The main benefits of the organization were a food bank, job training, and a school for kids to embrace their culture. There were also many protests ran by Reies Lopez Tijerina who pushed for land reclamation specifically land lost in the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. ]]> 2023-01-27 23:48:44 UTC https://padlet.com/400030621/n2g5gvr15sg5812p/wish/2459542564 Where was it focused? Was there a focus on a specific region of the country? Where did key event take place? 400030621 https://padlet.com/400030621/n2g5gvr15sg5812p/wish/2459542946 The movement was based in the U.S. and mainly took place in the West and Southwest regions.]]> 2023-01-27 23:50:07 UTC https://padlet.com/400030621/n2g5gvr15sg5812p/wish/2459542946 Why the did the movement start? 400030621 https://padlet.com/400030621/n2g5gvr15sg5812p/wish/2459544069 The movement started because Mexican-Americans wanted civil rights but also wanted to push for labor rights, education, and land reclamation.  They also wanted more representation in government positions.]]> 2023-01-27 23:54:28 UTC https://padlet.com/400030621/n2g5gvr15sg5812p/wish/2459544069 How did the government (both state & federal, if applicable) respond to it? This should include any key legislation, court cases, etc. 400030621 https://padlet.com/400030621/n2g5gvr15sg5812p/wish/2459548423 The state governments responded to a protest lead by Reies Tijerina in which a huge group of people raided the courthouse in Tierra Amarilla. This lead to Tijerina to being sentenced to federal prison.]]> 2023-01-28 00:08:40 UTC https://padlet.com/400030621/n2g5gvr15sg5812p/wish/2459548423 Evaluate how successful the movement was. 400030621 https://padlet.com/400030621/n2g5gvr15sg5812p/wish/2459549182 Overall the movement succeeding many ways in that the movement was able to achieve Mexican-Americans getting into government positions, creation of bilingual programs, and even better conditions for migrant workers.]]> 2023-01-28 00:11:33 UTC https://padlet.com/400030621/n2g5gvr15sg5812p/wish/2459549182 Sources 400030621 https://padlet.com/400030621/n2g5gvr15sg5812p/wish/2459550093 https://www.history.com/news/chicano-movement

https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/background-chicano-movement#:~:text=The%20Chicano%20Movement%20was%20the,Why%20begin%20in%201965%3F

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Rodolfo-Gonzales

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Reies-Lopez-Tijerina


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