Unit 5 Exam Review

Question 1

Felix Longoria was an American soldier killed in the Phillipines and denied the right to be buried in Texas.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

What discrimination did Marcario Diaz face?

Accepted Answer

Denied breakfast due to segregation

Question 3

What year did the Bracero Program end?

Accepted Answer

1964

Question 4

What is one way Sylvia Mendez wanted to keep the history of the Mendez v Westminster alive?

Accepted Answer

Teaching the curriculum to the students.

Question 5

Over 500 navy men were arrested as a result of the Zoot Suit Riot.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

What was caló?

Accepted Answer

The unique language of the Zoot Suiters

Question 7

Where were the first Braceros sent to work in the United States?

Accepted Answer

Stockton, CA

Question 8

Pachuco culture included self-empowerment and rejecting assimilation into white-American society

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

Segregation is

Accepted Answer

practice of requiring separate housing, and education.

Question 10

Which part of the United States was banned the first 5 years of the Bracero Program because of racism and discrimination

Accepted Answer

Texas

Question 11

Which court case did the Mendez v Westminster help end segregation in the classroom?

Accepted Answer

Brown v Board of Education

Question 12

Which war veteran was known for establishing the American GI Forum to help promote Mexican American equality?

Accepted Answer

Hector Garcia

Question 13

In what ways were the braceros treated inhumanely?

Accepted Answer

All the above.

Question 14

Why would Mexicans want to go to work as braceros in the United States?

Accepted Answer

Higher wages in the US than in Mexico.

Question 15

Mendez v Westminster ended segregation for all races.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 16

Pachuco culture was unique, not just Mexican, not just American.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

Most towns in California had laws that made schools integrated for both white and Mexican students.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 18

Who first popularized the Zoot Suit?

Accepted Answer

African Americans

Question 19

Less than 500,000 Latinos served in the military during World War 2.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 20

What was Guy Gabaldon known for in his role during the war?

Accepted Answer

Help capture 1,500 Japanese soldiers.

Question 21

Why were Zoot Suits seen as “unpatriotic” during WWII?

Accepted Answer

Materials to make them were limited and were being saved for the war

Question 22

How did the trial of Jose Diaz impact Zoot Suit culture? (aka Sleepy Lagoon Trial)

Accepted Answer

The media portrayed Zoot Suiters as criminals

Question 23

Where did the Zoot Suit Riots take place?

Accepted Answer

Los Angeles, CA

Question 24

Bracero means the term brazo, meaning the one that works with their arms.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 25

Wearing Zoot Suits were banned after the riot.

Accepted Answer

True

Unit 5 Exam Review

Questions 25

Unit 5 Exam Review

Questions 25