The University of North Texas Libraries P.O. Box 305190, Denton TX 76203-5190 Fourth Grade Questions: Hispanic Activism: The American G.I. Forum 1) What position did Ed Idar, Jr. hold in the American G.I. Forum? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2) What was the primary concern of the American G.I. Forum? ___________________________________________________________ 3) What efforts did the American G.I. Forum make towards family members? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4) Which senator was quite helpful to American G.I. Forum in the early years? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5) According to Idar, what was the significant contribution that the G. I. Forum made? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________The University of North Texas Libraries P.O. Box 305190, Denton TX 76203-5190 6) According to Ed Idar, Jr., was LULAC a useful organization? Why or why not? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7) What was the purpose of organizing voter drives in the Valley? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8) What was the political effect of registering and organizing Hispanics to vote? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 9) What was another major concern of the American G.I. Forum? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 10) How did the American G.I. Forum respond to the issue of illegal immigration? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________The University of North Texas Libraries P.O. Box 305190, Denton TX 76203-5190 11) How did the Eisenhower administration react to the efforts of the Forum and the American Federation of Labor to squelch illegal immigration? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 12) Who, in San Antonio, was the only elected Mexican-American politician in 1947? ___________________________________________________________ 13) Why did the Viva Kennedy Clubs decide to remain as political groups? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 14) What was the Political Association of Spanish-speaking Organizations (PASO)? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 15) What candidates did PASO support in the 1962 election? ____________________________________________________________The University of North Texas Libraries P.O. Box 305190, Denton TX 76203-5190 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 16) What happened in Crystal City in 1963 and why is it significant? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 17) What organization aided PASO in Crystal City, Texas? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 18) How did Hector P. Garcia react to PASO’s involvement in Crystal City? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 19) What were some of the benefits of the G.I. Forum as Ed Idar Jr. describes them?