African American Civil Rights
The leader known for the "I have a Dream" speech
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In 1968, this high school in Los Angeles became a focal point of Chicano activism after students staged a walkout to protest educational inequalities.
What is East Los Angeles High School
What was the name of the 1969 protest and occupation of a former prison island in the San Francisco Bay, organized by native American activists to demand rights and recognition?
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This organization tried to get the Equal Rights Amendment passed. Although it passed both houses of Congress. It did not get enough states to ratify
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Congress has a two-chamber system: the House of Representatives and the body, which is made up of two senators from each state.
What is a senate
The landmark Supreme Court decision in 1954 declared that "separate but equal"
What is brown V board of Education
In 1965, farm workers led by Cesar Chavez began a historic boycott of this fruit to protest poor working conditions and low wages.
What is grapes?
What is the name of the act passed by the U.S. Congress in 1978 that protects native Americans' religious practices and cultural items
What is the american indian Religious Freedom Act
This feminist slogan from the 1970s emphasized that personal issues like domestic violence and reproductive rights are deeply connected to broader political structures.
What is "The personal is political"?
This is the minimum number of representatives a state can have in the House of Representatives, regardless of population size.
What is 1?
This woman’s refusal to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery, Alabama, bus helped spark the Civil Rights Movement.
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This 1970s event, held in Denver, was a significant gathering that promoted Chicano unity and advocacy for political and social rights.
What is the Chicano Youth Liberation Conference?
What event, occurring in 1973, involved the occupation of a town in South Dakota by members of the American indian movement to protest the government policies and demand treaty rights
What is a wounded knee?
She was the first president of the National Organization for Women and author of The Feminine Mystique, which challenged the notion that women found complete fulfillment through homemaking.
Who is Betty Friedan?
What prevents schools and universities from receiving federal funding for discriminating against female students & female athletes
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This organization, founded in 1909, played a major role in the fight for civil rights and was behind the legal strategy in the Brown v. Board of Education case.
what is NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of colored people)
The grape boycott, led by Cesar Chavez, aimed to support what group of workers.
What are farmworkers
Founded in 1968 in Minneapolis, this activist group fought for Native American rights and gained national attention with a 1973 occupation of Wounded Knee.
What is the American Indian Movement?
In 1973, this U.S. Supreme Court decision legalized abortion, giving women the constitutional right to make decisions about their own reproductive health.
What is Roe v. Wade?
What banned employment discrimination
what is the civil rights act of 1957
The 1965 act, signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson, aimed to eliminate racial discrimination in voting.
What is the voting rights of 1965?
Which influential figure led the United States workers in their fight for labor rights
who is cesar chavez?
In 1972, AIM organized this cross-country protest that ended with the occupation of the Bureau of Indian Affairs building in Washington, D.C., demanding that the U.S. government honor treaties.
What is the Trail of Broken Treaties?
This 1963 landmark report, commissioned by President Kennedy and written by a commission chaired by Esther Peterson, highlighted gender-based discrimination in employment and led to changes in federal law.
What is the Equal Pay Act Report or The Report of the President's Commission on the Status of Women?
established to implement education, employment %and training programs as part of LBJ's Great Society
What is economic opportunity?