Quest for a Homeland

Question 1

What is the goal of Reies Lopez Tijerina?

Answer 1

Regain lands lost by New Mexicans in treaty.

Question 2

In what state is Reies active?

Answer 2

New Mexico.

Question 3

What is the time period of these events?

Answer 3

1966.

Question 4

What was his background?

Answer 4

Born in TX 1920.
Son of immigrant workers.
Former fundamentalist preacher.
Learned treaty law.

Question 5

Why, according to the documentary, was Tijerina not going to win?

Answer 5

If the Government said yes to one case/claim, they would have to say yes to all. Lands that had already been developed by the Government were worth billions of dollars. So it was easier to just say “no”, no land or money loss.

Question 6

What is the goal of Corky Gonzales?

Answer 6

He wanted to establish Chicano nationalism.

Question 7

In what state is he active?

Answer 7

Denver, CO.

Question 8

What is the time period of these events?

Answer 8

1966.

Question 9

What was his background?

Answer 9

3rd ranked world feather weight champion.
Sold bonds and insurance.
Involved in the Democratic party politics.

Question 10

What is the El Plan del Barrio?

Answer 10

A proclamation that mapped out separate public housing for Chicanos, bilingual education, barrio economic development & restitution of land that had been taken from Hispanos in Colorado & New Mexico.

Question 11

What is the importance of “I am Joaquin”?

Answer 11

The poem told the history of many and gave the Chicano people a voice.

Question 12

Who wrote “I am Joaquin”?

Answer 12

Corky Gonzales.

Question 13

What is the purpose of the 1969 Chicano Youth Liberation Conference?

Answer 13

The purpose of the Conference was to bring together Chicanos from all over the nation and discuss/address the similar and different prominent problems in each area of the country.

Question 14

What was the purpose for the Poor Peoples Campaign?

Answer 14

The purpose of the campaign was to unite the people of America against poverty.

Question 15

How successful was the campaign?

Answer 15

The campaign floundered from the deficit of support after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

Question 16

How long does Tijerina go to jail?

Answer 16

He is in jail for 2 years.

Question 17

Why is Ruben Salazar form the LA times chosen to cover the Chicano Youth Liberation Conference?

Answer 17

He was chosen to cover the conference because he was regarded as a fellow Chicano by the Mexican Americans, as well as accepted by the rest of society because he thought like the white community.

Question 18

How did the Mexican American community feel about the Vietnam War?

Answer 18

The Mexican American community was divided on this front. The younger generation felt that their debt to the nation had already been paid by the earlier generations bloodshed, while the older generation felt it was still their duty to serve their new country and to move up in society that enlisting was necessary.

Question 19

What happened to Salazar?

Answer 19

He is killed in a bar by a tear-gas canister to the head that was launched into a bar, the Silver Dollar, without warning.

Question 20

What is the purpose of the Chicano Moratorium?

Answer 20

The purpose was to protest against the Vietnam War.

To form an entirely Chicano political party.

Question 21

Why is Alurista significant?

Answer 21

Author of a poem that drafted a new mythological movement about Atzlan that gave the Chicanos a sense of home and a right to be in the Southwest US.