Other Civil Rights Movements

The American Indian Movement (AIM) fought for:

• An Indian president
• Separate but equal rights in the southern states.
• Renewed culture, independence, equal education.
• The right to work equality and assimilation into U.S. society

The Latino/Chicano Movement was based on the idea that:

• Other minority groups were receiving equal rights.
• California was the only state that would allow migrants to receive equal pay.
• Labor Unions were illegal for Latinos.
• They had been seen as outsiders and denied employment, education, and housing.

The Equal Rights Amendment was a great success and saw a constitutional amendment passed

• True
• False

What was the issue in Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)?

• The students and parents sued the school district claiming a violation of their first Amendment right of freedom of speech.

• The school district wanted to search the bags of the students.

• The parents did not want their children wearing black arm bands in school.

• The students felt that their freedom of religion was violated.

Betty Friedan wrote what book in 1963 that became the symbol for the Women's Rights Movement?

• The Feminine Mystique

• Das Kapital

• The Trouble with Women

• Walden Pond

Which group believed that equality could not be given, but had to be seized by a powerful, organized Black community.

• Nation of Islam
• Black Power Movement
• NAACP
• Black Panthers

African-American muslim civil rights activist

• Earl Warren
• James Meredith
• Malcolm X
• Jackie Robinson

What was a main goal of the Black Panthers?

• Push for equal pay

• Challenge police brutality in African American communities

• Push for equal education opportunities

• All of the above

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To whom is the Letter from Birmingham Jail addressed?

• ministers who criticized King's efforts
• whites who arrested King for no reason
• his coworkers in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
• his wife and his lawyer

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King believes that resentment and frustration over racism should be channeled into...

• non-violent direct action.
• violent protest.
• religious belief.
• political discussions.

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