African American Civil Rights
This tactic was the main approach used during the Civil Rights movement.
What is nonviolent protest?
A movement seeking to obtain social, political, and economic equality of men and women.
What is Feminism?
This 19-month occupation of a former prison island aimed to reclaim Native American lands.
What is the Occupation of Alcatraz?
This was a way of life and set of attitudes opened to, or at variance with prevailing social norms.
What is Counter Culture?
This was the Civil rights leader who promoted peaceful protest.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr?
This figure was a civil rights activist who later went on to be the chief spokesperson for the Nation of Islam.
Who is Malcom X?
In 1920, this amendment granted women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
This is the status name that gave rights and benefits that were not available to non-status indians.
What is Status Indians?
This 1969 music festival became an icon of the counterculture movement.
What is Woodstock?
This was the leader of the NOI. (Nation of Islam)
Who is Elijah Muhammad?
This claimed that white society corrupted everything while promoting separation from whites; establishing a land of their own.
What is Black Nationalism?
This 1963 book by Betty Friedan exposed the myth of happy housewives.
What is "The Feminine Mystique"?
This town was occupied and faced a 71 day standoff with police.
What is Wounded Knee?
This movement was started in UC-Berkeley in 1964 where students protested for the right to free speech and academic freedom.
What is the Free Speech Movement?
This was the tribal leader Oglala Sioux Civil Rights Organization tried to impeach during the Wounded Knee occupation.
Who is Richard Wilson?
This era emerged at a time of great turmoil resulting from frustration over the slow progress of equality with large scale urban riots, starting in Watts, L.A.
What is the “Black Power Era?"
This was the early 20th century movement focused on voting rights that occurred in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
What is the “1st Wave” of feminism?
This is a federal law that allowed Canada exclusive rights to create legislation regarding Indian statues, bands and Indian reserves.
What is the Indian Act 1876?
This is a reference to students and other radicals who became attracted to the politics of the left that would facilitate a more equal distribution of wealth.
What is The “New Left?”
This person led the President's Commission on the Status of Women which was created by JFK.
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
This famous speech highlighted Black Nationalism as the only answer to control politics in black communities; Justified use of any means necessary to defend themselves if the government would not protect black lives.
What is “The Ballot or the Bullet?"
This party successfully banned employment discrimination based on gender.
What is the “National Women’s Party”?
This is the bill that amended the Indian Act of 1985.
What is Bill C-31?
This was the group created after students protested and were denied political voice.
What is Student Fera Democratic Society?
This civil rights leader advocated for Black economic empowerment and founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association.
Who is Marcus Garvey?