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This group was led by Maggie Kuhn and was a fight against ageism.
What is the Gray Panthers?
100
This was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that American state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
100
This movement began with Rosa Parks refusal to give up her seat on a public bus.
What is The Civil Rights Movement? 
100
He was an American labor leader and civil rights activist who co-founded the United Farm Workers union, (UFW) in 1962.
Who is Cesar Chavez?
100
“Old enough to fight, old enough to vote” became a common slogan for a youth voting rights movement. Nixon believed Congress needed to make it a constitutional amendment.
What is the 26th Amendment?
200
This national organization (group) was organized to expand their political rights and economic opportunities in the 1960s and 1970s. They even published a new magazine. Ms.
What is the National Organization of Women (NOW)
200
The Supreme Court ruled that detained criminal suspects, prior to police questioning, must be informed of their constitutional right to an attorney & against self-incrimination.
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
200
AIM drew greater attention to the plight of Native Americans by staging a protest at this location
What is Wounded Knee, South Dakota?
200
Until the September 11 attacks in 2001, this bombing was the deadliest domestic terrorist attack on American soil. It was a domestic terrorist truck bombing on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building.
What is the Oklahoma City bombing?
200
People who have been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster. They are often forced to cross national boundaries and they cannot return home safely.
300
There are three federally recognized tribes. They were Native American people originally from Florida. They were forcibly moved to Oklahoma in what became known as "The Trail of Tears"
What are the Seminole Indians?
300
The court ruled (6–3) that evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits “unreasonable searches and seizures,” is inadmissible in state courts.
What is Mapp v. Ohio?
300
This group consisted of a coalition of poorly paid migrant farm workers and grew into a powerful Labor Union that fought to increase wages & improve working conditions.
What is the United Farm Workers? (UFW)
300
This was an Act of Congress signed into law by US President -George W. Bush on October 26, 2001. The most controversial parts of the Act surround issues of privacy and government surveillance.
What is the USA PATRIOT Act?
300
A foreign national who is living without official authorization in a country of which they are not a citizen. (Currently = More than 11 Million people in the United States)
What are illegal aliens?
400
This group of people use violence against civilians to win concessions from governments or to gain media attention.
What are terrorists?
400
The Court ruled, in a 7-2 decision, that a woman’s right to choose an abortion was protected by the privacy rights guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
What is Rowe v. Wade?
400
The disability rights movement is a global social movement to secure equal opportunities and equal rights for all people with disabilities. Congress sent this bill that would be later signed by the President of the United States to become law. (Act) It deals with accommodations and accessibility.
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990?
400
A change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns when that change lasts for an extended period of time. One side argues that the current global warming is caused by human factors while the other side insists it is occurring because of natural forces.
What is Climate change?
400
The main goal of this key term is for a country to reach its full potential. It is evident that the this concept is continually evolving. It attempts to make up for many years of oppression and discrimination against various minority groups. It is often termed "reverse discrimination"
What is Affirmative action?
500
This group was created to provide a comprehensive plan to protect the United States of America. It has a vital mission: to secure the nation from the many threats we face.
What is The Department of Homeland Security?
500
It upheld affirmative action, allowing race to be one of several factors in college admission policy. However, the court ruled that specific racial quotas ere impermissible.
What is California v. Bakke?
500
This environmental movement was attempting to reverse the trends leading to pollution and climate change. This organization states its goal is to "ensure the ability of the Earth to nurture life in all its diversity" and focuses its campaigning on worldwide issues such as climate change, deforestation, over fishing, commercial whaling, genetic engineering, and anti-nuclear issues.
What is Greenpeace?
500
It established court-ordered busing of students as a constitutional means of desegregating public schools. The Court held that busing was an appropriate remedy for the problem of racial imbalance in schools. All students would receive equal educational opportunities.
What is the Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education Supreme Court Decision?
500
The civil rights movement’s focus on equal treatment regardless of race or nationality led many to view the quota system as backward and discriminatory. This Act changed the way quotas were allocated by ending the National Origins Formula that began in 1921. The change was dramatic.
What is the Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965?
