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What year was MLK assassinated?

1968

Who was successful in organizing migrant farm workers into a union to

defend Hispanic migrant workers with boycotts of crops?

Cesar Chavez

What government action required businesses with federal contracts to

encourage job opportunities for women and minorities?

Affirmative Action

getting women equal pay for equal work

What did the Women’s Liberation Movement see as its major goal in the

1960’s?

What were the freedom rides in 1961 trying to integrate?

interstate buses

What was the impact of the Chicano Mural Movement on American society?

People appreciated Mexican-American culture

more.

What did Dr. King believe should be done if a law was unjust?

civil disobedience

Name 3 ways citizen can lobby for more rights.

petitioning, writing or talking to lawmakers, and

suggesting new laws

What did the American Indian do to protest to try to get their goal in 1973??

took over part of Wounded Knee, South Dakota

getting tribal lands back

What was the main goal of the American Indian Movement?

beauty contests, sexist language, and different

titles for women

What ideas was the Women’s Movement against?

Southern states passed Jim Crow laws to make

discrimination legal.

Why did African Americans still suffer from discrimination in the South after

the 13th, 14th, & 15th Amendments were passed?

using nukes okay if needed, prayer in schools,

no flag burning, and ending social welfare

Name 3 ideas supported by Barry Goldwater.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Which president sent troops to escort the Little Rock 9 to school at Central

High School?

Harry Truman

Which president desegregated the military?

All of them – whites & blacks

Which Freedom Riders were attacked by white racists in the

South?

King- no violence

Panthers- violence is okay to protect African

Americans

How were the Black Panthers’ views different from those of Martin

Luther King, Jr.’s views?

The Supreme Court did not give an exact time that it

had to be done.

How did whites in the South get around desegregating schools?

The both wanted social changes and used civil disobedience to get it.

How were the movements of Cesar Chavez and Martin L. King, Jr., similar?

support more political participation by African

Americans

What does the NAACP try to do to improve racial equality for African

Americans?

1. Military 2. Brown 3. March on Washington 4. MLK’s Murder

Put these events in order:MLK’s murder, March on Washington,

Military Desegregated, & Brown v Board of Education

to stop federal civil rights laws from being passed

What did Southern Democrats in Congress band together to do in the

1960’s?

early abortions in the first 3 months of pregnacy

What did the Supreme Court’s decision on Roe v Wade allow?

marches, boycotts, mass petitions, sit-ins

What were ways that African Americans could protest non-violently

to gain civil rights in the 1950’s & 1960’s?

Job Corps

What program was a Great Society program that trained young Americans

with a skill to help in poor areas?

fill jobs that had been dominated by men

Since the 1970’s what have American women been able to do?

He was one of the most inspirational writers of his

time period.

What was Martin Luther King, Jr.’s, legacy due to his speeches and

writings?

He led the bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama.

How did Martin Luther King, Jr., help start the civil rights movement?

The public’s opinion was influenced.

How did protests effectively contribute to African Americans gaining more

political rights?

lack of job opportunities and white racism

Besides urban poverty, what 2 other causes did a commission investigating

the ghetto riots name?