Indigenous Rights
Law that determines rights in Canada for citizenship and employment. Has been amended several times, in 1946 for allowing leaders to express autonomy (independence), 1951 created the Land Claims Commission, and 1960 the right to vote was extended.
The Indian Act (Canada)
First major piece of Civil Rights legal change that desegregated public schools in the US.
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
After this invasion Canada was instrumental in taking Caen, France and then Dieppe (finally). Canadian participation in this invasion was significant in the Allied victory.
D-Day/Battle of Normandy
Task force to create an atomic weapon to defend against potential German nuclear weapons
Manhattan Project
Japanese Mexicans were removed from what region in Mexico during internment?
Baja California
Organized by Arthur Manuel, this event was "the most effective direct action in Canadian history." Outcomes included guaranteed indigenous rights, creation of the Assembly of First Nations, and First Chiefs were established as formal representatives of aboriginal people
Constitution Express (1980-1981)
Murder at the hands of a mob that is often racially motivated.
Lynching
Defense of ships sending trade goods and military supplies between Canada and Great Britain during WWII. Attempt to defend against German u-boats
Battle of the Atlantic
Pearl Harbor
Oil Tanker that was attacked and destroyed by a German u-boat in the Gulf of Mexico. This attack increased Mexico's commitment to the Allies.
Potrero del Llano
Occupation of a formal US prison that protested for land rights for indigenous populations. This was part of the pan-Indianism movement and promoted all tribes supporting political action for mutual goals.
Alcatraz Island Occupation
Freedom Riders
Disastrous attempt at taking a French sea port from the hands of the German military in 1942. 907 were killed, 240 wounded, and 1946 taken prisoner
Dieppe
Executive Order 9066
Mexico negotiated for ownership and control of this vital resource during WWII from the US.
Oil
1972 protest caravan of 500 indigenous people to Washington D.C. to protest at the Department of the Interior. Nixon's administration negotiated with the protestors for transportation home and protestors recovered documents including abuse of indigenous peoples at the hands of the US government.
Trail of Broken Treaties
First major civil rights community protest in 1955-1956. Where Martin Luther King Jr. got his start as a civil rights organizer.
Montgomery Bus Boycotts
Issue of Quebec citizens not agreeing with the conscription of soldiers in Canada, despite the small numbers of conscripts used.
Second Conscription Crisis
Invasion planned and executed by General Dwight Eisenhower in France 1944
D-Day
Allied side, did not commit full military, mostly focused on supplies and trade or valuable resources for war
Institute in Mexico that sought to integrate indigenous populations into the Mexican political system.
National Indigenist Institute
Legislation that formally desegregates all facilities, restaurants, public and private spaces in the US.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
5 week long battle with high casualty rates against the Germans in Belgium during the fall of 1944. Eventually opened the area to more shipping for the Allies
Battle of the Scheldt
Battle that was a turning point for the war in the Pacific at the beginning of US's involvement in WWII.
Battle of Midway
Air Force branch from Mexico that primarily served in the Philippines during 1945
Aztec Eagles