PP&D 177 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Quetzalcoatl, Unida, International Brotherhood Of Teamsters
1 Jun 2018
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PP&D 177 - Chicano/Latino
Midterm Exam Study Guide
Instructions:
Exam date: May 10, 2018 at 7:00pm
Bring Scantron F-288 (purchase at UCI Bookstore) and #2 pencil.
Format: Multiple choice; True or False; Approximately 25 questions in total.
You may use your own notes (hard copy only, no electronic sources are permitted). You may
not
share materials during the exam.
(1) Reies Lopez Tijerina was an American radical and civil rights activist in the Chicano
Movement who led a land-grant movement in northern New Mexico from 1956 to 1976.
He organized hundreds of Chicanos to demand repatriation of land confiscated by Anglo
surveyors in violation of the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. During the mid-1960s
he gained international attention and expanded his campaign against discrimination,
demanding first-class citizenship, economic opportunity, and the right to speak Spanish
and preserve Chicano culture. Please read more about Reies Lopez Tijerina and his
specific and most significant contribution to the Chicano Movement.
○ Tierra Amarilla - New Mexico: June 5th, 1987
■ Raid in Tierra Amarilla courthouse
■ Manhunt because two men from courthouse held hostage
■ National Guard mobilized
■ 2 hostages are freed, raider is arrested
■ Wives and children are used to help catch fugitive
■ 5 days of trial, Tijerina is charged with the raid
■ Efforts to have land grants restored
■ Charges of burning forest sign - 3 year sentence of Tijerina
■ Released on parole of 2 years, throughout Mexico, welcomed as hero in
La Raza, Mexico
○ On June 5, 1967, a group of armed men, led by fiery preacher Reies Lopez
Tijerina, arrived at the county courthouse in the small New Mexico community of
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Tierra Amarilla. They were there to free prisoners who were arrested in a land
grant dispute and to place the district attorney under citizen's arrest.
(2) Corky Gonzales was an iconic leader in the movement for justice and equality for
Mexican-Americans in the Southwest and he is credited with raising the nation’s
awareness of the plight of urban Chicanos. Please read more on Corky Gonzales and his
specific and most significant contribution to the Chicano Movement.
○ Boxer and Poet -- Corky Gonzales
■ The gathering of Chicanos from California came as well and other US
Chicanos
■ Layed out an agenda to define the Chicano movement and develop the
Aztlan spiritual, national plan
■ Nationalist and cultural ideas
■ Corky was nationalist -- “educate yourself and give back and go back to
the community”
■ Wanted Chicanos to have more political representation
○ Crusade for Justice in Denver
■ Urban civil rights movement
■ During the late sixties and early seventies, he organized walkouts,
demonstrations against police brutality and marches against the
Vietnam War.
○ “I am Joaquin/Yo Soy Joaquin.” (poem)
○ In 1968, Gonzales led a Chicano contingent to the Poor People’s March
on Washington D.C and issued a “plan of the Barrio” which demanded
better housing, education and restitution of pueblo lands.
● One of the most important roles played by Gonzáles was as an organizer of the Annual
Chicano Youth Liberation Conference, an ambitious effort to create greater unity
among Chicano youth.
(3) The East LA High School Walkout were a series of protests in 1968 by Chicano students
against unequal conditions in Los Angeles Unified School District high schools. The first
protest took place on March 1, 1968. The students who organized and carried out the
protests were primarily concerned with the quality of their education. This movement
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(which involved thousands of students in the Los Angeles area) was one of the first mass
mobilizations by Mexican-Americans in Southern California. What were the demands of
the walk outs? Please read more on the walkouts and its main demands.
○ the chicano political/legal representation, better schools, improved
community safety, police brutality
○ No more vocational tracking
○ College preparation courses
○ More Mexican-American courses
○ End to corporal punishment for speaking spanish
○ Hiring more hispanic teachers and staff vs. racist teachers
○ Have a school board meeting
○ students presented 36 demands. Some seemed excessive: Only pass/fail
grades. Student lounges with jukeboxes. Mexican dishes in the cafeteria
prepared by local mothers.
○ Others were very basic: Smaller classes. New libraries. More bilingual
counselors, teachers and principals. Improved testing to distinguish
between a lack of English proficiency and lack of intelligence. More
lessons on Mexican American culture, art and history. And no corporal
punishment.
(4) The Chicano Movement was made up of a number of factions of differing ideologies.
Please understand the different types of factions that were likely included under the
banner of the Chicano Movement.
○ The Chicano movement claimed a “Chicano-ismo” ideology
○ Claimed this name to signify indigenous culture, loss from Spanish-American
imperialism
○ Very complex movement, after decades of discrimination and segregation
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Document Summary
Bring scantron f-288 (purchase at uci bookstore) and #2 pencil. Format: multiple choice; true or false; approximately 25 questions in total. You may use your own notes (hard copy only, no electronic sources are permitted). You may not share materials during the exam. (1) reies lopez tijerina was an american radical and civil rights activist in the chicano. Movement who led a land-grant movement in northern new mexico from 1956 to 1976. He organized hundreds of chicanos to demand repatriation of land confiscated by anglo surveyors in violation of the 1848 treaty of guadalupe hidalgo. During the mid-1960s he gained international attention and expanded his campaign against discrimination, demanding first-class citizenship, economic opportunity, and the right to speak spanish and preserve chicano culture. Please read more about reies lopez tijerina and his specific and most significant contribution to the chicano movement. Tierra amarilla - new mexico: june 5th, 1987. Manhunt because two men from courthouse held hostage.
