Quest for a homeland

Question 1

What is the goal of Reies Lopez Tijerina?

Answer 1

Regain the lands lost by the new mexicans treaty

Question 2

In what state is Reies active?

Answer 2

New Mexico

Question 3

What was his background (Reies Tijerina)?

Answer 3

Born in Texas 1920, son of immigrant workers, Former fundamentalist preacher, Learned treaty law

Question 4

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

Answer 4

There was too much money involved

Question 5

What is the goal of corky gonzalez?

Answer 5

Wanted to establish chicano nationalism

Question 6

In what state is he active in(Corky Gonzalez)?

Answer 6

Denver, CO

Question 7

What is the time period of these events?

Answer 7

1966

Question 8

What was his background(Corky Gonzalez)?

Answer 8

3rd ranked world feather weight champion, sold bonds and insurance, involved in democratic politics

Question 9

What was the El plan del Barrio?

Answer 9

A proclamation that mapped out separate public housing, bilingual education, barrio economic development and restitution of land that had been taken over in Colorado and New Mexico

Question 10

What is the importance of I am Joaquin?

Answer 10

It was a cultural and spiritual revelation to the Chicano community

Question 11

Who wrote I am Joaquin?

Answer 11

Corky Gonzales

Question 12

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

Answer 12

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 13

What was the purpose of the poor peoples campaign?

Answer 13

to unite the people of america against poverty

Question 14

How successful was the campaign?

Answer 14

the campaign floundered from the deficit of support after the assassination of martin luther king jr.

Question 15

How long does Tijerina go to jail for?

Answer 15

2 years

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Chosen to cover the conference because he was regarded as a fellow chicano by mexican americans, as well as accepted by the rest of society because he thought like the white community

Question 17

How did the Mexican American community feel about the vietnam war?

Answer 17

the mexican american community was divided. The younger generation felt that their debt to the nation had already been paid by the earlier generations bloodshed. The older generation felt it was their duty to serve their country and to move up in society.

Question 18

What happened to Salazar?

Answer 18

killed in a bar (The Silver Dollar) by tear gas canister to the head

Question 19

What is the purpose of the Chicano Moratorium?

Answer 19

to protests against the vietnam war. also to form an entirely chicano political party.

Question 20

Why is Alurista significant?

Answer 20

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