African American Movement
Protests
Women's Equality
Mexican American Movement
Native American Movement
100
What were the Freedom Riders?
Protestors who rode busses into segregated areas in the South
100
The event that sparked the civil rights movement of the 1950s was the
Montgomery Bus Boycott
100
What amendment gave women the right to vote?
19th
100
Cesar Chavez is credited for starting which organization?
UFW, United Farm Workers
100
What Organization helped as a result of Wounded Knee?
AIM
200
Little Rock nine refers to what?
Nine African-American students that were the first blacks to attend an integrated Little Rock Central High School
200
With the end of reconstruction, southern whites soon regained control of state governments and passed laws that once again reduced African-Americans to second-class citizens. Which of the following Supreme Court cases aided these southern states by establishing a separate but equal doctrine?
Plessy v. Ferguson
200
What issues to NOW fight for?
Women's right of choice, sexual discrimination, etc.
200
What organization helped fight for Equality among Mexican Americans in the Workforce?
UFW, United Farm Workers
200
If a Native American decided that he was not being treated fairly or being heard, and decided to take action to publicize his situation for the entire American population to see, which of the following organizations would he belong to?
American Indian Movement
300
Malcolm X believed in a different form of protest than other civil rights leaders. What did he believe would be best for African Americans at first?
Keep races segregated
300
What movement did the SCLC play important role in forming?
Non-Violent protests like the Montgomery Bus Boycott
300
A woman living in Dayton, Ohio in 1967 who is being discriminated at work could go to which of the following organizations to help get her views and rights across to her employer?
NOW
300
One thing that women, African-Americans, American Indians, and Mexican Americans had in common during the 1940s was
They were all discriminated against
300
The Wounded Knee incident began February 27, 1973 when about 200 people seized and occupied the town of Wounded Knee, South Dakota. Activists controlled the town for 71 days while the United States Marshals Service, Federal Bureau of Investigation agents and other law enforcement agencies cordoned off the area. This protest was the work of which of the following organizations?
AIM, American Indian Movement
400
The NUL, or National Urban League is credited for planning which event?
March on Washington
400
What event was staged by the SNCC, or Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee?
The Sit-in movement
400
What organization would help fight discrimination of sexual orientation in the workforce?
NOW, National Organization of Women
400
How did the UFW achieve their goals?
through non-violent protests and boycotts
400
The NCAI, or National Congress of American Indians, was founded in 1944 and is the oldest Native American group in existence. One of the group’s main focuses has always been the protection of Indian cultural resources and religious freedom rights. One of the other goals of the NCAI is
To promote education of American Indians
500
Explain the two differences between both Malcolm X and Dr. King, do not mention religion
Dr. King believed in non-violent protest and integration of races. Malcolm X believed in using violence to achieve equality and wanted Segregation
500
Murray v. Maryland, (1936) which resulted in the desegregation of the University of Maryland's Law School, Gaines v. Canada, in which the U.S. Supreme Court ordered the admission of a black student to the Law School at the University of Missouri (1938), and Brown v. Board of Education Topeka, Kansas (1954) are all legal cases argued by lawyers if the civil rights group
NAACP
500
What problems or injustices that NOW fought for in its beginnings in October 1966 are still being fought for today? List and explain two of these issues.
Equal pay, sexual discrimination, Raises, etc.
500
Name the three Mexican American groups we talked about in class the migrated to the United States.
Puerto Rican Cuban Central and Latin American
500
Explain how the term civil rights applies to both the members of NAACP and AIM.
Regardless of race, all of these organizations fought for equality. Equality in schools, jobs, politics, income, etc. Both the AIM and the NAACP were organizations that represented minority groups to make sure their rights were granted.
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