Civil Rights Movements in the U.S. Flashcard

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Which movement focused on the rights of African-Americans during the 1950s-1970s?

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African-American Civil Rights Movement

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What was the primary focus of the Chicano Civil Rights Movement?

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Latino rights

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Which act was passed to eliminate racial discrimination in voting?

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Voting Rights Act

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Who was the first African-American Supreme Court Justice?

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Thurgood Marshall

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Which movement is associated with the fight for gender equality?

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Women's Liberation

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The Civil Rights Era in U.S. History is most characterized by social changes brought about by —

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the efforts of leaders advocating non-violent civil disobedience

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Which civil rights leader spoke at the 1963 March on Washington and won the Nobel Prize for Peace?

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

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César Chávez championed the economic rights of which group?

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Farmers

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Betty Friedan’s book The Feminine Mystique influence the women’s rights movement of the 1960s by —

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reviving interest in the women’s rights movement

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While both the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and the Black Panthers wanted more opportunities and rights to be afforded to minority groups, the Black Panthers argued that —

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non-violence was going to take too long to bring about change