As soon as thou scatters hem..The workers and their families are solemnly gathered around in the field, listening to the prayer.When "Amen" is pronounced, everyone walks to the crest of the hill.A steam whistle blows, the owner signals with a sweep of his arm, and horse-drawn mowing machines (or binders) begin to cut the stalks.People are talking about the high cost of living.Everything is going up - food, rent, clothing, taxes.The Prohibition amendment is ratified by the necessary thirty-six states and becomes the law of the land.In a resulting shootout, one of Cortez' men killed Escobedo and his henchmen.Ryan was the next to be killed, but Cortez' henchman was shot by sniper Chavez from a distance.In the final action scene, Cortez blamed "the American" for killing Escobedo, and with his henchmen battled against Ryan, Clark, and Chavez as they successfully rescued the imprisoned hostages in a basement cell ("We're going home, boys").However, the family's head of the house is beckoned o New York due to a job promotion - an uprooting move that threatens o indelibly change the lives of the family members forever.