Answer ONLY ONE of the following questions: 1. Trials and Tribulations: The Sleepy Lagoon and the Zoot Suit Riots – What is the connection between the Sleepy Lagoon Case and the Zoot Suit Riots? What happened in the Sleepy Lagoon Case? Demonstrate the significance of the case by breaking it down. In the same fashion do the same for the Zoot Suit Riots. What were the riots all about? Why are they significant? What happened? How did they end? What was achieved if anything was? In essence, breakdown the stories of the Sleepy Lagoon Case and the Zoot Suit Riots. 2. Chicanos in the Second World War – Breakdown the story of Chicanos in WWII. Focus on the individuals who participated. Why did they participate? What roles did they have? Where did the war take them? Did they see battle? What was the war like for Chicanos both at home and abroad? Breakdown their experiences? What happened to Chicanos during the War period? What happened to Chicanos after the war ended? What did Chicanos achieve or gain from WWII? What were some of their accomplishments?
