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WorksheetsCivil Rights: Other Groups
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Since its creation in 1969 La Raza Unida has focused on:
securing higher wages for agricultural workers.
ending segregation throughout the U.S.
electing Mexican Americans to public office.
reforming and improving schools that have large populations of Mexican American students
The "termination" approach to federal Indian policy called for the end of
Federal protection of assets held by Native American Tribes
official recognition of tribes as legal entities
trying to assimilate Native American children
the movement to organize all Indian Tribes into one national organization
If passed, this law would have guaranteed equality regardless of gender:
Women's Rights Act of 1964
19th Amendment
Equal Rights Amendment
Equal Opportunity Commission
In 1962, Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta created the organization that would become the:
United Farm Workers Organizing Committee
National Organization for Women
La Raza Unida
American Indian Movement
The American Indian Movement Was created in 1968 in order to:
restore water, hunting and fishing rights
demand rights for people living on reservations and recognition of tribal laws
end the federal governments sale of Native American lands
end the federal governments "termination " policy
Why was the passage of the Higher Education Act or “Title IX” in 1972 important for equality for women?
it proposed adoption of an equal rights movement.
it outlawed discrimination against women in schools.
It required equal pay for equal work.
it gave women the right to vote.
In what city did Mexican American students walk out of schools to protest lack of courses about Mexican culture, lack of Mexican American faculty, and inadequate facilities?
San Francisco
Phoenix
Los Angeles
New York
The main purpose of N.O.W. was
to secure the right to vote.
to end segregation in public schools
to bring marriage equality to all 50 states
to get equal pay and job opportunities for women.
Which tactic was NOT used by Cesar Chavez and his followers in order to secure a better contract with California farm owners?
A strike that lasted more than 2 years
A national boycott of table grapes
A 25 day fast against non violence
a cross country march from Delano, CA to The nations capitol in Washington D.C
What form of protest became associated with The Womans Rights Movement
Burning Draft Cards
Burning Money
Burning their Bras
Locking themselves to the Capitol Buildings front door.
