How did the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s impact Mexican Americans?

A. The civil rights movement started because of the forced repatriation program of the 1930s, where many were forced to return to Mexico.

B. Cesar Chavez was a leader from the civil rights movement and later started a movement for the rights of farmworkers.

C. It inspired them to speak out about the issues they were facing, starting both the Chicano and farmworkers’ movements in the 1960s.

D. It led to the United States government actually upholding the things they promised in the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.