Why Did Other Minorities Fight for Equality?
what made life difficult for migrant workers?
low wages; harsh working conditions; discrimination.
What did the National Organization for Women (NOW) work for?
equal rights for women in jobs, pay, and education
Communist takeover of the Cuban government led to what event in the early 1960s
Cuban immigration
a person who moves from one region to another in search of work
migrant worker
to get rid of or do away with
eliminate
how did the children of migrant workers suffer academically?
Migrants moved so often that it was hard for their children to make steady progress in school or even to attend regularly.
What did the Equal Rights Amendment of 1972 hope to accomplish?
A ban on discrimination based on gender
For which civil rights movement is the Stonewall Inn significant?
gay rights
Able to speak 2 languages
During the late 1940s and 50s, the federal government tried to do what with Native American Tribal governments?
break them up
This Mexican American was convicted of murder by an all-white jury in Texas
Pete Hernandez
What did Phyllis Schlafly use to try to defeat the ERA?
They said the ERA would lead to women being drafted into the military and would harm the traditional family
What odd similarity did the movements for and against the Equal Rights Amendment have in their leadership?
Both were led mainly by women
required pay for equal work
Equal Pay act of 1963
Latinos in the eastern United States often came from where?
Puerto Rico
When was the first gay rights organization founded and what was its name?
1924; the Society for Human Rights
outlawed discrimination in hiring based on gender and on race
Civil Rights Act of 1964
What sparked Asian Americans to begin their own fight against discrimination in 1968?
Students at the University of California at Berkeley founded the Asian American Political alliance (AAPA).
What happened at the Stonewall Inn in New York City?
Police wrongfully raided the inn, a known gathering place of homosexuals, just for existing.
hard to find or achieve
elusive