SPAN 245
FINAL REVIEW 2
OCCUPIED AMERICA
Are this statements true? Suggestion: group study is the best
recipe
1. La Raza Unida Party was in essence to take back Aztlan
through the electoral process.
2. Crystal City is well known because of the Board of Education
take over.
3.Cesar Chavez was exclusively a labor organizer, not a human
rights leader
4. Latino influence grew in national politics in the 90's
5. Clinton helped greatly to the expansion of latinos in
politics
6. There was never an anti-immigrant hysteria in the US
7. Operation Wetback took place in El Paso.
8. Bert Corona was the main advocate of Operation Wetback
9. Sin Fronteras was a Mexican magazine
10. The INS never intended to stop the flow of Mexican labor
entirely.
I I The press and television promoted the idea that the
undocumented workers caused poverty
12. Chicano scholars have produced research indicating that
undocumented workers benefit society more that they cost society in social
services.
13. The appointment of Leonel Castillo as INS Commissioner
helped the agency because of his Mexican American background.
14. The INS did not harass groups concerned with the fights of
the undocumented.
15. ACLU is a religious group that helps Mexicans
16. Alex Armendariz was the leader of the "brown
mafia"
17. Nixon appointed Ann Armstrong as an aide on domestic Latino
affairs, because she owed a ranch in Texas where a lot of Mexicans lived
18. Middle class Mexican Americans accepted the term Hispanic.
In contrast, the poor resisted it.
19. The Ford Foundation assisted Chicano groups providing
funding to their formation.
20. US education invented the myth that it is equally open to
all North Americans.
21. US education celebrates the successes of North Americans.
And when convenient, Mexicans are allowed to join the honor roll.
22. Chicanos have never struggled for the right to maintain a
bilingual -bicultural heritage.
23. Lau Vs Nichols encouraged the expansion of bilingual
classrooms.
24. Ernesto Galarza is the foremost Chicano activist scholar.
25. Educational equity is the most important factor enabling
Chicanos to achieve social equality.
26. Money determines the quality of education
27. the Burger Court refuse to consider the question of race
discrimination
28. Thirty years after the Brown case schools remained separate
and unequal
29. EOP retained more Mexican American students into the
universities than at any point in history.
30. EOP did not create any mood among Chicanos that it was their
right to attend college.
3 1. It is common to see Chicanas, in positions of leadership in
MECHA
32. The Bakke case introduced the absurd concept of reverse
racism
33. MALDEF is an organization which deals with legal issues
affecting the Chicano community.
34. LA Mayor Tom Bradley worked closely with Chicano politicians
and promoted them to higher offices.
3 5. The potential strength of the Chicano vote in the 90's has
not increased at all.
36. Anaya, Pena and Cisneros are well known politicians of the
80's
37. Cisneros was elected without the Chicano vote.
38. In California, Chicano politicos told Gloria Molina not to
run because a woman could not win in East LA
39. Sal si puedes refers to an attitude developed by Chicanos
living
in wealthy areas.
40. The American Dream of owning a home became the impossible
dream by the 80"s
41. The Catholic Church has not played a vanguard role similar
to the black ministries.
42. The Catholic Church has not sided with the rich or powerful.
43. LA archbishop Roger Mahoney, unlike his predecessors, has a
history of supporting social causes.
44. COPS means Community Organized for Public Service.
45. There are less Chicanas in the workforce today.
46.The Simpson-Mazzoli Bill brought amnesty to thousands of
undocumented people in 1982.
47. The maquilladoras did not exploit Mexican women, and in
turn, these women improved their social status and upward mobility.
48. During the Rambo years, government policy encouraged union
busting.
49. By 1985, "The Decade of the Hispanic" had
fulfilled a lot of the promises set forth by Latino leaders in 1979.
50. If Carlos Arce ran for office in the year 2000, he would get
99% of the Chicano vote.
51. Proposition 187 denies health and education to undocumented
inmigrants.
52. Large number of Mexican flags on marches would turn off
white voters.
53 East LA College sponsored a concert to oppose prop. 187
54. Prop 209 had no effect on Affirmative Action.
55. Africa Americans voted in favor of Prop 209.
56. Voice of Citizens Together feels that Mexicans are invading
the US.
57. Latinos were very organized as they try to rally against
Prop. 209
58. Latino presence at the polls progressively has increased.
59. Prop 227 ended Bilingual Education.
60. The growing strength of Latino voters does not really scare
Republican Candidates.
61. KMEX 34 has higher ratings than English language competitors
on its newscasts at 6pm and 11pm.
62. Racism has helped to voter turn out in California
63. Dornan had no problems when he was defeated by Sanchez
64. Villaraigosa and Polanco have funneled millions of dollars
to latino candidates
65. Texas famous proverb: not to trust a Mexican smoking a cigar
or a Gringo speaking Spanish.