Chapter 29

Question 1

Describe the main features of California agribusiness in the 20th century.

Answer 1

Irrigation is vital to many areas. Some threatened by urban sprawl. CA’s single largest economic enterprise. Most diversified among the states.

Question 2

Analyze the tactics used by the Associated Farmers to prevent farm worker organization during the 1930s. How accurate was Carey McWilliams’ judgement that these methods constituted “farm fascism”?

Answer 2

??? Not very. Inconvenience vs. mass deaths.

Question 3

How did the bracero program affect wages & farm workers’ bargaining power? How did the end of the program affect the supply of farm workers?

Answer 3

Wages depressed. Bargaining power decreased. Ended “without crisis.”

Question 4

What contributed to successful unionization of California farm workers during the 1960s and 70s? What roles did Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, and the United Farm Workers play?

Answer 4

??? Those two became the leaders of the latter, which was less radical than the CAWIU or IWW.