Hispanic Heritage
Who fought for better worker's rights?
Cesar Cavez and Dolores Huerta
What continent doesn't have an ancient civilization?
Antartica.
What supreme court case legally ended segregation in public schools, even though many schools stayed segregated afterwards?
Brown vs. Board of Education
What animal did the military consider employing for the arid area in Mexico?
Camels
Who coined the phrase <<Si se puede!>>
Dolores Huerto
Who's the earliest urban literate civilization?
Mesopotamia
Who helped spark the Montgomery bus boycott?
Rosa Parks
How much of the Civil War Army was made up of immigrants?
one fourth
Which state entered the union as a bilingual?
New Mexico
Who developed the 24-hour and 365 year?
Egyptians.
What law was passed by Eisenhower to federally prosecute those who try to suppress other's right to vote.
The Civil Rights Act of 1957
What medical organization was founded in the Civil War?
The Red Cross.
What different movements influenced the Hispanic movement's fight for equal rights?
The African American Civil Rights Movement and the fight for equal employment and education among Chinese and Japanese immigrants.
Unlike most civilizations which one didn't seem to be war torn?
Indus Valley Civilization.
Who protested segregated bus terminals and "whites only" restrooms and lunch counters?
Black and white activists, known as freedom fighters.
Who were the women telephone opperators that improved telecommunications on the western front in WW2?
The Hello Girls
When the U.S. passed the Fair Employment Practice Committee who filled the most complaints?
Latino workers
What war book is still relevant after 2,500 years?
Sun Tzu’s The Art of War
When literacy tests finally banned as a requirement to be able to vote?
1965
What kinds of jobs did women take on during WW2?
Non-commissioned officers in the navy, carpenters, mechanics, any job that was free and needed workers.