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Excerpt from Telling All Americans’ Stories: Introduction to American Latino Heritage by National Park Service.The movement of people, ideas, beliefs, and cultures across America’s shifting borders and the consequences of these migrations are central to the American story. Diego Rivera—a prominent leader of the 1920s Mexican Mural Movement—produced some of his most famous work in American cities. As an outspoken member of the Mexican Communist Party, Rivera invited criticism during his travels, but even his most controversial works resonated with American audiences during the Great Depression. His Detroit Industry Murals—a National Historic Landmark—celebrated American industry and Detroit’s factory workers’ strength and dignity.Latino/a Americans have been some of the most vocal and successful advocates for civil rights in the United States. Labor activists Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez formed the United Farm Workers of America, a joint Latino/a and Filipino organization that created the first permanent agricultural labor union in the United States. Along with the efforts of Filipino activists like Larry Itliong, the UFW established headquarters at Forty Acres in Delano. California’s farm workers successfully executed the Delano grape strike and boycott, which drew national attention to unsafe working conditions and resulted in a 1970 settlement with California's entire table grape industry.

Select the correct answer.
How is the text structured in the second paragraph of the excerpt?
A. compare and contrast
B. problem and solution
C. cause and effect
D. chronological

Answer 1

The text in the second paragraph of the excerpt is structured using the chronological format.

Step-by-step explanation:

The text in the second paragraph of the excerpt is structured using the chronological format. It presents a series of events in the order in which they occurred, starting with the formation of the United Farm Workers (UFW) by Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez in 1962, and ending with the strike and boycott that led to the recognition of the union by California farmers in 1970. The paragraph provides a timeline of key events in the Mexican American civil rights movement and illustrates the progress made by activists during that time.