Martin Luther King Jr.
What cause did Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. fight for?
Civil Rights or Rights for people of color
What cause did Cesar Chavez fight for?
Migrant Workers Rights
What cause did Eleanor Roosevelt fight for?
Human Rights
What cause did Susan B Anthony fight for?
Women's Rights
What does it mean to "fight for a cause"? These words can not be in your answer.
It means that someone is standing up for what they believe in.
Who did Martin Luther King want to help?
All people of color (African Americans and Native Americans)
Migrant Workers
True or False
Eleanor Roosevelt learned compassion and about equal rights from her husband.
False. She learned these things from her parents.
Who did Susan B Anthony fight to help?
Women
What did Martin Luther King Jr ORGANIZE to fight for civil rights?
He organized a March!
What is an example of DISCRIMINATION?
Not being allowed to vote
Not being allowed to go to the same places as someone thats a different color or gender (boy or girls)
Not being allowed to get paid the same as someone else because a different color or gender
What is a migrant worker?
A person who traveled from place to place to work in jobs such as farm work.
Who did Eleanor Roosevelt fight to help? (3 different types of people)
True or False
Susan B Anthony was a teacher before she fought for women's rights.
True.
Here she saw that it was unfair when man teachers were paid more than women teachers and did the same amount of work.
What is the name given to a difficult time period in American history when many people didn’t have jobs or much money and there was a lot of homelessness?
The Great Depression
How did Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. help the Civil Rights Movement? (2 answers)
- Organized a march to bring everyone together
- Created a speech that brought people of all colors together
How did Cesar Chavez help migrant workers?
Chavez created unions and held a strike to fight for migrant workers.
What did Eleanor Roosevelt help to create in order to help all people? (Hint: She worked with the United Nations to create it)
The Human Bill of Rights
What right did Susan B Anthony secure (gain) for women that was added as an amendment?
The right to vote
What is the word to describe someone who fought to end slavery?
An Abolitionist.
In Dr. King's “I Have a Dream” speech, he says
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by their character."
What do these words mean?
Dr. King wanted people to be judged by how each person acts and treats eachother not by the color of their skin.
How did the farm OWNERS feel about the strike? (What made them change their minds to pay migrant workers more?)
Farm owners were upset about the strike. Their crops were going bad and they were unable to make money. They ended up having to give in and give people more money!
What does it mean to fight for human rights?
Fighting for human rights means that people are fighting for people to be treated equally and fairly and that they receive rights such as food, a place to live, an education, and a job.
What did Susan B Anthony do to help gain support for Women's Rights? (2 answers)
Susan B Anthony created a newspaper to ADVERTISE women's rights.
She also ORGANIZED groups and speeches to help promote her causes.
What is the difference between equal rights and human rights? Give an example of each.
Human rights are things that everyone should have like food or shelter. Equal rights are when people have that same rights like learning the same things in school (examples may vary)