USH 4.5 review

Question 1

A female labor leader and civil rights activist who co-founded the United Farm Workers and advocated for workers’ rights and social justice

Answer 1

Delores Huerta

Question 2

A male labor leader and civil rights activist who co-founded the United Farm Workers, advocating for farmworkers’ rights and better conditions

Answer 2

Cesar Chavez

Question 3

Abolished national origin quotas, and opened U.S. immigration to all countries equally.

Answer 3

Immigration Act of 1965

Question 4

Allowed the U.S. government to force Japanese Americans into internment camps during World War II

Answer 4

Executive Order 9066

Question 5

Allowed Mexican workers to temporarily work in the U.S., mainly in agriculture, due to labor shortages.

Answer 5

Bracero Program

Question 6

A 1954 U.S. government program that deported thousands of Mexican immigrants, targeting those without proper documentation.

Answer 6

Operation Wetback

Question 7

Banned Chinese immigration to the U.S., making it the first law restricting a specific ethnic group.

Answer 7

Chinese Exclusion Act

Question 8

A court case that upheld Japanese American internment during World War II, ruling it was constitutional for national security.

Answer 8

Korematsu vs. United States

Question 9

State laws in the early 20th century that prohibited non-citizens, particularly Asian immigrants, from owning land in the U.S.

Answer 9

Alien Land Laws

Question 10

Challenged Harvard’s affirmative action policies, arguing they discriminated against Asian American applicants.

Answer 10

Students for Fair Admissions vs. Harvard

Question 11

A.C.E

Answer 11

Public protest is an effective methodology as it pressures governments to make change.

Cesar Chaves and Dolores Huerta formed the United Farm Workers labor union and protested their low wages and harsh working conditions

Their protest got California grape growers to sign union contracts and give the workers better pay and benefits.