Question

question 1-11
this adapted excerpt is from a farmworkers boycott leaflet.
we are asking for your help so farmworkers can get better pay and a safe place to work. please stop buying grapes for now. when the farm owners treat us unfairly, our families have a hard time. but if we all work together and give up eating grapes, we can make things fair. do not buy or eat grapes until the owners agree to treat farmworkers with respect.
— united farm workers leaflet, 1969
based on the flyers sent out by the united farm workers, which statement describes the main method used by cesar chavez to help farmworkers?
○ they asked farmworkers to quit their jobs and find work in factories.
○ they asked people to boycott (stop buying) grapes to pressure farm owners to provide better wages (money earned from working) and fair treatment to farmworkers.
○ they used violent strikes (refusal to work) to force farm owners to listen to them.

Explanation:

The leaflet explicitly requests people to stop buying grapes to pressure farm owners into providing better pay, safe working conditions, and fair treatment for farmworkers. The other options do not match the content of the provided 1969 United Farm Workers leaflet.

Answer:

They asked people to boycott (stop buying) grapes to pressure farm owners to provide better wages (money earned from working) and fair treatment to farmworkers.