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1 Section 3- The Rights Revolution Expands

2 Latinos People from Spanish speaking countries fighting for their rights Mexican farm workers who came to the US during WW2 staying in the US especially after the Immigration Act of 1965

3 The life expectancy for a migrant worker is 49 years old.
Why do you think they die so young?

4 Cesar Chavez organizes the migrant workers into the UFW union to fight for those at the lowest rung of the socio-economic scale The Chicano Movement- fighting for the Mexican American rights, most successful in the political realm getting Latinos elected to office who are sympathetic to Latino causes *

5 What problems are still occurring according to Cesar Chavez’s son?
How is Cesar’s Chavez’s son similar to him? *

6 Native Americans Perhaps they had the worst situation of any minority group The American Indian Movement (AIM) founded in 1968 to fight for Native American rights The take over of Wounded Knee incident highlight the lot of Native Americans

7 Talking to the person next to you name product defects you know of

8 Other Movements Ralph Nadar starts the consumer protection movement with his book “Unsafe at any Speed” about the car industry Nadar’s raiders will be a force in the consumer protection agency Eunice Kennedy starts Special Olympics and becomes an advocate for citizens with disabilities


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