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Case Study: Chicano Movement

Question 12 • CA-Ethnic Studies

Why did La Alianza Federal de Mercedes occupy land in New Mexico?

Answer
A
to reclaim ancestral land
B
to protest unfair wages
C
to found a bilingual school
D
to organize a labor strike

Explanation

La Alianza Federal de Mercedes was a land-grant activist group in New Mexico. Its members occupied land to assert Hispano descendants’ claims to property granted to their ancestors, which they believed had been taken from them. So the occupation was an effort to reclaim ancestral land, not a wage protest or labor action.

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