Economy Amendments Facts MISC 100 100 100 200

Economy Amendments Facts MISC 100 100 100 200 200 200 300 300 300 400 400 400 500 500 500

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

What did the Women’s Liberation Movement see as its major goal in the 1960’s? getting women equal pay for equal work

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

What was the main goal of the American Indian Movement? getting tribal lands back

What ideas was the Women’s Movement against? beauty contests, sexist language, and different titles for women

Why did African Americans still suffer from discrimination in the South after the 13 th, 14 th, & 15 th Amendments were passed? Southern states passed Jim Crow laws to make discrimination legal.

Name 3 ideas supported by Barry Goldwater. using nukes okay if needed, prayer in schools, no flag burning, and ending social welfare

Which president sent troops to escort the Little Rock 9 to school at Central High School? Dwight D. Eisenhower

Which president desegregated the military? Harry Truman

Which Freedom Riders were attacked by white racists in the South? All of them – whites & blacks

How were the Black Panthers’ views different from those of Martin Luther King, Jr. ’s views? King- no violence Panthers- violence is okay to protect African Americans

How did whites in the South get around desegregating schools? The Supreme Court did not give an exact time that it had to be done.

How were the movements of Cesar Chavez and Martin L. King, Jr. , similar? The both wanted social changes and used civil disobedience to get it.

What does the NAACP try to do to improve racial equality for African Americans? support more political participation by African Americans

Put these events in order: MLK’s murder, March on Washington, Military Desegregated, & Brown v Board of Education 1. Military 2. Brown 3. March on Washington 4. MLK’s Murder

What did Southern Democrats in Congress band together to do in the 1960’s? to stop federal civil rights laws from being passed

What did the Supreme Court’s decision on Roe v Wade allow? early abortions in the first 3 months of pregnacy

What were ways that African Americans could protest non-violently to gain civil rights in the 1950’s & 1960’s? marches, boycotts, mass petitions, sit-ins

What program was a Great Society program that trained young Americans with a skill to help in poor areas? Job Corps

Since the 1970’s what have American women been able to do? fill jobs that had been dominated by men

What was Martin Luther King, Jr. ’s, legacy due to his speeches and writings? He was one of the most inspirational writers of his time period.

How did Martin Luther King, Jr. , help start the civil rights movement? He led the bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama.

How did protests effectively contribute to African Americans gaining more political rights? The public’s opinion was influenced.

Besides urban poverty, what 2 other causes did a commission investigating the ghetto riots name? lack of job opportunities and white racism