African-Americans
What is busing?
Transporting students to schools outside their neighborhood to achieve racial balance
What was Native Americans average annual family income?
Their average annual family income was $1,000 less than African-Americans
Who co-founded the United Farm Workers Association with César Chávez?
Dolores Huerta
Who were musicians during the counterculture era?
Bob Dylan, John Baez, Peete Seeger, Jimi Hendrix, & Janis Joplin
What is Feminism?
The belief that men and women should be equal politically, economically, and socially.
What was the Supreme Courts ruling in Brown V. Board of Education?
The Supreme Court ordered an end to segregated public schools/ Declared "separate but equal" unconstitutional.
What is the American Indian Movement (AIM)?
A Native American rights organization
Who was César Chávez?
A Mexican-American farm worker/Civil rights activist
What organization promoted feminist goals?
The National Organization for Women (NOW)
What did Title IX do?
Prohibited federally funded schools from discriminating against women in nearly all aspects of school operations.
What was Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education?
Supreme Court case dealing with the busing of students to promote integration in public schools.
Which two Native American tribes objected to land leases to mining companies that posed a threat to sacred places?
The Hopi and the Navajo people
What organization was found by young Latinos in 1967?
The Mexican American Youth Organization
What is counterculture?
A movement of mostly white middle-class college youths that were against traditional culture.
What outlawed paying men more than women for the same job in 1963?
The Equal Pay Act
Who was Atlanta's first African American mayor in 1974?
Maynard Jackson
What happened during the Wounded Knee protest?
AIM occupied land, refused to leave, standoff with FBI.
What was the original name of the United Farm Workers organization?
The National Farm Workers Association
As a result of counterculture, what influence remained after the movement declined?
The fashion and the music still skyrocketed.
What Amendment failed because enough states didn't ratify the amendment?
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
Who was the first African American woman to serve in Congress and run for President?
Shirley Chisholm
What did the Indian Civil Rights Act guarantee to reservation residents?
Guaranteed reservation residents the protections of the Bill of Rights while still recognizing tribal courts.
When did César Chávez win the Presidential Medal of Freedom?
1994/ The year following his death.
Who was the first African American governor of a state
L. Douglas Wilder
What Supreme Court case legalized abortion?
Roe v. Wade