Civil Rights
This helped to break down racial barriers, especially for the younger generations.
What is rock 'n roll?
At the University of Berkley, students demanded the right to pass out literature informing others about their complaints with the university; this right was upheld by the Supreme Court under the first amendment.
What is free speech?
This amendment granted women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
More than 17 million Americans participated in this protest to support the United Farm Workers Union.
What was the Grape Boycott?
The occupation of this place was intended to bring awareness to the US government's treaty violations taking away land.
What is the Occupation of Alcatraz Island?
The Civil Rights Movement employed these types of protests; name at lease two.
What are marches, mass petitions, sit-ins, and boycotts? (must name at least 2)
This amendment granted students the right to vote.
What is the 26th Amendment?
This act signed by JFK made it illegal to pay a man more $ than a woman for the same job.
What is the Equal Pay Act of 1963?
He was a civil rights activist seeking improved working conditions and pay for farm laborers.
Who was Cesar Chavez?
This protest was held at an infamous site where Native Americans had been massacred 83 years previously to highlight the lack civil rights for American Indians.
What is the Occupation of Wounded Knee?
He supported non-violent, passive resistance and civil disobedience because "only love can conquer hate."
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
Students who disagreed with mainstream culture, traditional middle-class values, and lived in communes were part of this phenomenon.
What was the Counterculture Revolution?
This book by Betty Friedan helped to launch the women's movement.
What is The Feminine Mystique?
This person also fought for farm laborers and helped to form the National Farm Workers Association.
Who was Delores Huerta?
The protest was against the US government and its past dealing with Native Americans.
What is the Trail of Broken Treaties?
This group used scare tactics and physical violence to keep African Americans from voting.
Who are the Klu Klux Klan (KKK)?
The tragedies at Kent State and Jackson State universities resulted from this type of protest.
What is an Anti-War or Anti-Vietnam protest?
She was a prominent leader and speaker for the women's movement and the first editor of Ms. Magazine.
The United Farm Workers labor union wanted to improve this for migrant workers.
What is better working conditions and better pay?
This protest occurred with an occupation of a National Park and Monument in the Black Hills of North Dakota to demand the return of lands to the Sioux.
What was the Occupation of Mt. Rushmore?
Although the 15th Amendment granted African American men the right to vote and the 19th granted voting rights to women, this legislation granted unfettered access to voting.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
This change marked the dying out of the counterculture on college campuses.
What is a change in fashions from hippie, tie-dye to neater and brighter clothing?
This woman campaigned to STOP ERA.
Who was Phyllis Schlafly?
This group seeks to advance the rights of Hispanics.
What is LULAC?
This protest lasted 5 months as supporters marched from San Francisco to Washington DC to protest threats to tribal lands and water rights.
What is the Longest Walk?