People
Who would not give up her seat on the bus for a white person?
Rosa Parks
What do we call it when a group of people are treated unfairly because of skin color, background, religion, disability?
discrimination
What are powers or privileges that government grants to individuals to guarantee their equal treatment under law?
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Civil Rights
How did grapes come into play in the Farm Workers Movement?
They asked people to boycott grapes.
Who was the preacher who practiced nonviolent protest and was the head of the Civil Rights Movement?
MLK Jr.
What is the UFW?
United Farm Workers
What do we call a person/persons who are NOT a part of the white majority in our country?
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minority
Where does racism come from according to Dolores Huerta?
Slavery
Who organized a migrant farm worker strike and a 250-mile march in 1962 in an effort to bring about improvements in working conditions and pay for Hispanic farm workers?
Cesar Chavez
What was the Blue Lake Controversy in NM? Who won?
(Who, where, why)
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Taos Pueblo had to fight to get their sacred Blue Lake back from the National Forest. They won.
Where did Cesar Chavez organized a migrant farm worker strike and a 250-mile march in 1962 in an effort to bring about improvements in working conditions and pay for Hispanic farm workers.
California
What group of people fought to get back their sacred Blue Lake?
Taos Pueblo
Who was the co-leader of the farm workers union?
Dolores Huerta
In 1990, this law was passed to help people who were disabled so they would not face discrimination.
Americans With Disability Act was passed
Where were federal troops brought in to escort nine black students to school?
Little Rock, Arkansas
Whey was the bid for land grants to be returned in New Mexico a failure?
They used violence.
When did Native Americans get the right to vote?
1975
Laws made to keep African Americans segregated right after the Civil War were _________________
and later in the 1900s were called ________________
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Black Codes, Jim Crow
This co-leader of the UFW named __________was nearly killed when participating in ____________.
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Dolores Huerta, a non-violent protest
What famous Senator came to the aid of the Farm Workers Union in their legal fights?
Robert Kennedy
What is the name of the famous court case whereby the Supreme Court ruled that separate is not equal?
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Brown vs. The Topeka Board of Education
Where was the bus boycott lead by MLK Jr.?
Montgomery, Alabama
Someone who fights actively for a cause is??
activist
What was the slogan of the United Farm Workers
Union?
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"Yes, we can!"