Day 15, Ongoing Civil Rights, Women, Native Americans, Latinos

True or False : feminism is the belief that women should have equal rights with men. 

• True

• False

How did Chavez accomplish the change referred to in this excerpt?

• By promoting military service as an opportunity for minority youths

• By filing legal cases to overturn segregation in public facilities

• By organizing an economic boycott to improve working condtions for migrant workers

• by protesting fines imposed on employers for hiring illegeal immigrants.

This 1972 poster depicts an organization originally formed to advocate

• publicly funded health care for children

• better economic treatment of migrant workers

• a retirement system for farm laborers

• equal employment opportunities for women

What was a major goal of the American Indian Movement (AIM)?

• A. to gain representation in Congress.

• B. to relocate American Indians to urban areas.

• C. to obtain greater understanding of the American Indian point of view.

• D. to end segregation of American Indians in public places

Cesar Chávez, Hector García, and Betty Friedan were similar in that they all –

• A.Were members of the Black Panther Movement

• B.Were leaders in the fight for civil rights and equal opportunity.

• C.Opposed the non-violent approach to obtaining civil rights.

• D.Had as their main goal the achievement of greater opportunities for women.