Cesar Chavez Multiple Choice Questions and Answers for Practice

16. Cesar Chavez advocated for the rights of which group of people?

1. Business Executives
2. Government Officials
3. Migrant Farm Workers
4. Corporate Leaders

17. Where is Cesar Chavez buried?

1. La Paz in California
2. Phoenix, Arizona
3. Los Angeles, California
4. Sacramento, California

18. Cesar Chavez co-founded UFW with which labor leader?

1. Dolores Huerta
2. Martin Luther King Jr.
3. Rosa Parks
4. Malcolm X

19. What was one key victory achieved by the United Farm Workers?

1. The Clean Water Act
2. Better Wages and Conditions
3. Federal Minimum Wage Reform
4. Reduction of Taxes

20. Which U.S. President awarded Cesar Chavez the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously?

1. Bill Clinton
2. George W. Bush
3. Barack Obama
4. Ronald Reagan

21. Which state was central to Cesar Chavez’s work?

1. Arizona
2. California
3. Texas
4. New Mexico

22. Cesar Chavez opposed the use of which harmful farming product?

1. Fertilizers
2. Pesticides
3. Herbicides
4. Antibiotics

23. Where was Cesar Chavez born?

1. Arizona
2. California
3. Texas
4. New Mexico

24. What type of nonviolent tactics did Cesar Chavez practice?

1. Hunger strikes
2. Boycotts
3. Strikes
4. All of the above

25. What major union effort did Chavez lead in the 1960s?

1. Textile Workers Union
2. Farm Workers Union
3. Railroad Union
4. Steelworkers Union

26. Cesar Chavez believed in uniting farm workers regardless of ________.

1. Race
2. Religion
3. Ethnicity
4. All of the above

27. What was the farmworkers' flag color symbolizing the UFW?

1. Green
2. Red
3. Blue
4. Yellow

28. What did the black eagle symbol in UFW represent?

1. Power
2. Freedom
3. Unity
4. Justice

29. The 1966 march to Sacramento led by Chavez was how many miles long?

1. 100
2. 200
3. 300
4. 350

30. Which California city was central to Chavez's organizing efforts?

1. Fresno
2. Delano
3. San Diego
4. Bakersfield