...a Chicano’s life where it becomes critical to reflect upon the achievements of their people. Due to the poor quality of this nation’s educational system and the lack of resources available to predominantly Latino schools, the accomplishments of many Mexican-American leaders are hidden; instead, history classes all over the country choose to discuss the ways in which the prevailing race has contributed to society. As a result, students are left to embark on their own educational journeys, and in the process, uncover the names of the greatest Chicano leaders. Although the US has birthed countless figures that enhanced contemporary society, there were few similar to Cesar Chavez who uniquely and positively altered their oppressive...
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...Cesar Chavez Luis Solano Hilary Dietz Introduction to Humanities DATE \@ "MMMM d, y" November 23, 2014 "It's amazing that people can get so excited about a rocket launched to the moon and not be concerned with the smog , oil spills , the devastation of the environment with pesticides , hunger and disease ... “ -Cesar Chavez Cesar Estrada Chavez, son of farm workers was born in Yuma, Arizona. At young age his parents who owned a farm lost it all during the great depression and were forced to migrate to the Central Valley in California. When they moved to California, his parents started working as migrant farm workers (moved to work in different cities due to the fruit or vegetable season). While attending elementary, he was discriminated because his family was constantly moving due to the farm worker life his parents had. Right after he completed Jr. High School, he decided to become a full time farm worker to help out his parents in the fields because of the struggles his family had because of the low pay from a hard days work. Right after his 18th birthday, he enrolled in the Navy and served during the WW II. After coming back to his home In California, he dedicated his life to improving the working conditions, better the farm workers pay and better treatment on the working ethics. Cesar Estrada Chavez."The Biography.com website. Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/cesar-chavez-9245781 [Accessed 20 Nov 2014]. Cesar Chavez as a migrant working son he was constantly...
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...CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA An Interpretive History TENTH EDITION James J. Rawls Instructor of History Diablo Valley College Walton Bean Late Professor of History University of California, Berkeley TM TM CALIFORNIA: AN INTERPRETIVE HISTORY, TENTH EDITION Published by McGraw-Hill, a business unit of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020. Copyright © 2012 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Previous editions © 2008, 2003, and 1998. No part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written consent of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., including, but not limited to, in any network or other electronic storage or transmission, or broadcast for distance learning. Some ancillaries, including electronic and print components, may not be available to customers outside the United States. This book is printed on acid-free paper. 1234567890 QFR/QFR 10987654321 ISBN: 978-0-07-340696-1 MHID: 0-07-340696-1 Vice President & Editor-in-Chief: Michael Ryan Vice President EDP/Central Publishing Services: Kimberly Meriwether David Publisher: Christopher Freitag Sponsoring Editor: Matthew Busbridge Executive Marketing Manager: Pamela S. Cooper Editorial Coordinator: Nikki Weissman Project Manager: Erin Melloy Design Coordinator: Margarite Reynolds Cover Designer: Carole Lawson Cover Image: Albert Bierstadt, American (born...
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...OUTLINE OF U.S. HISTORY OUTLINE OF OUTLINE OF U.S. HISTORY C O N T E N T S CHAPTER 1 Early America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 CHAPTER 2 The Colonial Period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 CHAPTER 3 The Road to Independence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 CHAPTER 4 The Formation of a National Government . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 CHAPTER 5 Westward Expansion and Regional Differences . . . . . . . 110 CHAPTER 6 Sectional Conflict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 CHAPTER 7 The Civil War and Reconstruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 CHAPTER 8 Growth and Transformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 CHAPTER 9 Discontent and Reform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 CHAPTER 10 War, Prosperity, and Depression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 CHAPTER 11 The New Deal and World War I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 CHAPTER 12 Postwar America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256 CHAPTER 13 Decades of Change: 1960-1980 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 CHAPTER 14 The New Conservatism and a New World Order . . . . . . 304 CHAPTER 15 Bridge to the 21st Century . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320 PICTURE PROFILES Becoming a Nation . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
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