The Chicano Movement emerged during the civil rights era with three goals: restoral of land, rights for farm workers and education reforms. Prior to the 1960s, however, Latinos lacked influence in the national political arena. That changed when the Mexican American Political Association worked to elect John F. Kennedy<span> president in 1960, establishing Latinos as a significant voting bloc.</span>
D. Allowing Texas into the Union would upset the balance of slave and free states in Congress. Though it soon became a state since Manifest Destiny was a very popular idea at the time.
