We believe that this is the beginning of a significant movement to achieve equal rights for agricultural workers. In order to enlist your full support and to explain our work to you, I would like to bring some of our pickets and meet with you.
-Cesar Chavez, September 16, 1965

What was the short-term effect of the movement Chavez describes above?

A. It influenced the creation of a federal task force on housing discrimination.
B. It led to new restrictions on the immigration of farm laborers.
C. It led to boycotts of certain agricultural products.
D. It damaged the U.S. economy through a work slowdown.

The short-term effect of the movement Chavez describes above was that it led to boycotts of certain agricultural products. Chavez's call for a boycott of California grapes in 1965 as a strategy to demand fair employment contracts for agricultural workers gained significant traction among U.S. consumers, impacting the agricultural industry and labor conditions.

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