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Please Help its A U.S History Question *In his description of the movement he led in the late 1960s, Chavez said "our only hope is in the strength of the union and we must teach our brothers who do not yet know!" Given what you know about the history of the labor movement in the United States, why do you think Chavez chose these words?

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Like all leaders of any merit, Chavez pointed to the laws of the land to protect them.

The problem was that he believed he was dealing with an uneducated group. They did not understand as he did, and as Martin Luther King did that the constitution was to be upheld at all times.

They (his people) thought that as long as they were making a living, they were fine. Chavez knew better. He knew that if they did not protest their conditions, they would never get a decent part of America. He wanted them to fight as all minorities in the past had fought.

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