5.2 Civil Rights Movements Quiz

What was the main goal of the Civil Rights Movement during the 1960s and 1970s?

*CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER!

• To promote cultural diversity

• To end racial discrimination, segregation and inequalities in society

• To improve working conditions for farmworkers

• To advocate for the rights of people with disabilities

Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE about the Black Panthers?

• Believed in arming themselves to protect their communities

• Provided social services such as "Soup Kitchens"

• Focused on self-defense against police brutality

• Increased wages for farmworkers

• Challenged systemic racism

What was the aim of the Chicano Movement?

• To fight for better treatment of Asian Americans

• To empower Mexican Americans and improve their social and economic conditions

• To advocate for LGBTQ+ rights

• To address issues faced by Native Americans

Who led the United Farm Workers (UFW)?

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Cesar Chavez

• The Black Panthers

• The Disability Rights Movement

What event marked a turning point for the LGBTQ+ rights movement?

• The passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990

• The establishment of the American Indian Movement

• The Stonewall Riots of 1969

• The formation of the Black Panthers

What did the Disability Rights Movement fight for?

• Equal pay for all workers

• To allow people with disabilities fight in the Vietnam War

• Equal access to education, employment, and public spaces for people with disabilities

• To outlaw people with disabilities from working on farms

Which of the following 2 Civil Rights Movements did we NOT learn about in this lesson?

• AIM

• UFW

• LGBTQ+

• UN

• YMCA

Match the following acronyms with the correct civil rights group of people:

• Asian American rights & equality

• U.F.W.

• farm/migrant workers rights & equality

• A.I.M.

• People w/ disabilities rights & equality

• A.D.A.

• women's rights & equality

• A.A.P.A.

• Indigenous People's rights & equality

• N.O.W.

Which of the following are major effects of the 1960's & 1970's protest movements?

*HINT: Must choose more than 2 answers..maybe even more than 3... :)

• future activism

• Americans with Disabilities Act (1990)

• Title IX (1972)

• challenged systemic injustices and brought about social change

• Patriot Act

Which of the following are reasons that AIM was created/needed?

*HINT: must choose 2 answers

• U.S. gov't forced assimilation

• Westward Expansion & Reservations

• farmworkers were being poisoned

• Asian Americans were being discriminated against