American Identity

First Exam

Xiaomeng Sun and Xiaojuan Li

1. why is he important to the advancement of Mexican Americas politics?

1. The New Mexican American political leadership of Los Angeles in the late 1930s and early 1940s was including Eduardo Quevedo.

2. Quevedo was chairman of the 40th District Democratic Council and a member of the Los Angeles Democratic Advisory Committee. Politically active for over thirty years

3. Quevedo was a candidate in the 1940 race for assemblyman in California's 52nd District and in 1942 in the 40th District.

4. Quevedo continued to work to make the Mexican-American community a major political force.

5. He served as president of the Coordinating Council of Latin American Youth during and after the Zoot Suit Riot of 1943 and was appointed by Governor Edmund G. Brown to the Department of Employment's state advisory council.

2.luisa moreno

why is she important to the advancement of Mexican Americans politics?

1. Luisa Moreno was a leader in the United States labor movement and a social activist.

2. As UCAPAWA representative, she helped organize workers at pecan -shelling plants in San Antonio, Texas, and cannery workers in Los Angeles.

3. Her leadership was of the type that empowered other workers, especially women.

4. she strongly encouraged women to take leadership roles in union organizations.

5. In 1940, she was asked to speak before the American Committee for the Protection of the Foreign Born (ACPFB). Her speech, which became known as the "Caravan of Sorrow" speech, eloquently described the lives of migrant Mexican workers..

6. Discuss contribution of mexican americans botn on the battle and in defense plants.

1. National Group

2. Rural to urban political

3. Citizenship/ Equality

4. Role of woman

1. voting

2. run for office

3. serve on jury

5. G.I Bill

1. Education

2. Housing

G.I. Bill

The GI Bill was an omnibus bill that provided college or vocational...