Rights & Freedoms - General
Rights and Freedoms - Australia
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Rights and Freedoms - USA
Ms O'Donoghue and 10HIS5
100
What was the goal of the assimilation policy introduced in Australia in the 1950s?
To absorb Aboriginal people into white society by encouraging them to adopt Western culture and values.
100
True or False: The Sorry Campaign led to a formal government apology in 1998.
False – the apology was made by Kevin Rudd in 2008.
100
What concept does this image show?
Segregation.
100
Which US civil rights leader’s speeches inspired activists worldwide, including in Australia?
Martin Luther King Jr.
100
Ms O'Donoghue is head of what year?
Year 8
200
Name one major cultural impact of the Stolen Generations.
Loss of language, cultural knowledge, and identity.
200
Explain how the struggle for Aboriginal rights has changed since the 1960s.
Moved from gaining basic rights to seeking justice, land recognition, and reconciliation.
200
Identify 3 impacts of the Stolen Generations
Lasting trauma by severing Indigenous peoples' connections to family, culture, and land, leading to deep intergenerational disadvantages that persist today.
200
what was the purpose of the Louisiana literacy test?
The purpose of the Louisiana literacy test was to disenfranchise Black voters and block other minority groups from registering to vote during the Jim Crow era, while keeping poor or uneducated white voters exempt or passing.
200
How many marks is the essay worth in your final exam?
25 marks
300
Use the word “assimilation” in a sentence about Aboriginal history.
The policy of assimilation forced Aboriginal people to give up their culture to be accepted into white society.
300
What is a referendum?
A single vote on a political decision by the citizen.
300
What historical event was this source used for?
Voters were asked to approve two specific amendments to the constitution:
- Section 51: Removed a clause that prevented the Commonwealth Parliament from making special laws for Indigenous people. This gave the federal government the power to pass national laws for the benefit of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
- Section 127: Repealed a rule that stated Indigenous Australians were not to be counted in official population counts and the national census.
The 1967 Referendum
300
Name one key method used by civil rights activists in the US to bring about change.
Peaceful protests, sit-ins, Freedom Rides, legal challenges.
300
Bus boycott
Jarvis Charles Montgomery
400
Who led the 1965 Freedom Ride in Australia?
Charles Perkins
400
What was one goal of the Freedom Ride?
To expose racial discrimination in rural NSW towns.
400
A newspaper article from 1963 calls the March on Washington “unrealistic and disruptive.” What might this tell you about the author’s perspective?
The author likely opposed the movement or held conservative views about social change.
400
How did the US Freedom Rides inspire Aboriginal activists in Australia?
They demonstrated peaceful protest methods to challenge racial discrimination, leading to the 1965 NSW Freedom Ride.
400
Landed on the moon in 1969
Sofia Therese Armstrong-Couch
500
What two changes occurred due to the 1967 Referendum?
Aboriginal people were counted in the census and the federal government could make laws for them.
500
List THREE reasons given for removal of children in NSW
- 'being Aboriginal'
- 'being 14 years'
- 'at risk of immorality'
- 'neglected'
- 'to get her away from surroundings of Aboriginal station/Removal from idle reserve life'
- 'Orphan'
- 'to send to service'
500
Then he said "we should be setting up an Aboriginal mission station in front of this white man’s Parliament House. You’ve got to remember this was ’46. It happened in ’72. It was called the _________"
What was this source referring to?
The Aboriginal Tent Embassy
500
What did Jim Crow refer to during the Civil Rights Movement?
A series of state and local laws in the United States that enforced racial segregation, particularly found in the South of the US.
500
Iron and a small amount of carbon
Fynn Steel
600
What was the purpose of the Wave Hill Walk Off?
To protest for equal pay and later land rights.
600
Describe the significance of Mabo vs. Queensland
Overturned the legal doctrine of terra nullius, recognising for the first time in Australian law that Indigenous peoples have a pre-existing system of land ownership known as "Native Title."
600
What is the motive of this cartoon?
To show the public what the expectations were for the Aboriginal people using the Moree pools.
600
What city were the Freedom Rides trying to get to?
New Orleans
600
Ms O'Donoghue named her cat after what historical figure?
Ghengis Khan