Chic class 04

Who was the President that essentially mobilized public opinion against Mexicans mainly as a way to deflect attention from the deepening economic crisis at the start of the Great Depression?

Herbert Hoover

What event from the Great Depression does TV producer Norman Lear recall?

His grandfather wrote many letters to President Roosevelt

Which of the following is not true about LULAC

Its ideas were spread through its influential newsletter, "La Prensa."

During the 1920s, Mexican women made up one major component of garment workers on the west coast. Who made up the other portion?

Jewish

During the Gallup coal strike of 1933, the National Miners' Union turned to another union for assistance. Which union was that?

La Liga Obrera de Habla Español

The Labor Federation of which city announced: "Employ no Mexican while a white man is unemployed. Get the Mexican back to Mexico regardless by what means."

Los Angeles

If you lived in San Antonio during the 1920s, and you were a member of the "comprador" class and you believed in "la epoca de la concordancia," you were part of which class?

Los Ricos

What was the legal justification for segregating Mexican children, based upon the opinion of California State Attorney General U.S. Webb?

Mexicans are Indians and therefore subject to state law allowing their segregation

Senator Dennis Chavez helped to get work relief programs to Spanish-speaking communities in which state?

New Mexico

Which of the following was not considered a standard for rejection in denying visas for Mexicans desiring entry to the US by the late 1928?

Perception that Mexicans were possible "reds" or "anarchists"

Which of the following statements does not apply to the East Wall of the Detroit Industry murals?

The representation of hawks and doves reflects the dual opposites of war and peace, respectively.

The efforts of Rafael Arcero contributed to the formation of which union?

United Auto Workers

What strike did Emma Tenayuca become involved with while she was sixteen years old?

cigar workers

Which of the following groups would most likely be considered among the "restrictionists" during the debate on Mexican immigration in the 1920s?

labor unions

What was the right that was affirmed by section 7a of the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)?

right to organize and collective bargaining

The United Front Committee of Agricultural Workers (UFC) helped organize a 1932 strike of which agricultural workers?

sugar beets

Which Mexican artist was among those detained during the repatriation campaigns launched by the federal government during the early 1930s?

David Alfaro Siquieros

Which of the following statements is not true about the 1938 San Antonio pecan shellers' strike?

Emma Tenayuca and the rest of the strike leaders received unconditional support from both LULAC and UCAPAWA.

Which President made the best use of radio?

Franklin D. Roosevelt

In which California city was the Mendez v. Westminster case centered?

Garden Grove

During the South Texas onion strike in 1935, La Asociacion de Jornaleros changed its name to what?

Agricultural Workers' Union

On the West Wall of the Detroit Industry murals, which technology does Rivera present as a symbol of both the positive and destructive sides of industry?

Aviation

In which country did Henry Ford's "Fordlandia" rubber plantation exist?

Brazil

Who was the large-scale farmer who declared that the congressman Box bill "would mean the end of agricultural development in the West" and that schools in the San Joaquin Valley were sufficient for the needs of Mexican children?

Samuel Parker Frisselle

Before he was granted the commission for the Detroit Institute of Arts, where did Diego Rivera create a mural in 1930?

San Francisco