Minority Rights 1960-80

Question 1

What were the two main issues for native Americans

Answer 1

Tribal homelands and self-determination

Question 2

Why will travel home and is an issue for Native Americans

Answer 2

Because many native Americans had been forced to relocate from their Homelands following the 1830 Indian removal act in which the federal government force treaties with individual tribes, giving land and money for their removal. by the 1960s it was largely agreed, even in government, that these treaties were unfair. many native Americans wanted new treaties or to return to their homelands.

Question 3

What was the BIA and how did they implement regulations to break up Indian culture

Answer 3

The bureau of Indian affairs and they did things such as send the children of tribes to Indian boarding schools in which their hair was caught and they were forced to dress and speak English.

Question 4

Why was self-determination an issue for Native Americans

Answer 4

Because the Native Americans were distrustful of the BIA and wanted the freedom to run their own affairs as well as a change of BIA personnel

Question 5

What was AIM when was it set up

Answer 5

The American Indian movement set up in 1968

Question 6

What was the slogan of AIM

Answer 6

Red power

Question 7

When was the Alcatraz red power movement what did they do

Answer 7

20th of November 1969 they took over Alcatraz Island and occupied until 1971

Question 8

By 1971 what was AIM membership

Answer 8

4500, total Indian population is 1 million

Question 9

What was the trail of broken glass and when was it

Answer 9

1972 AIM led a protest drive to Washington to protest about the BIA

Question 10

What did AIM do in February 1973

Answer 10

Occupied the village of wounded knee, the seizure lasted 71 days and AIM only left when the government agreed to an investigation of its demands and grievances.

Question 11

What was the 1978 Indian child welfare act

Answer 11

It gave Native Americans more control of the adoption of Native American children

Question 12

When was the Indian education act and what does it do

Answer 12

1972 and it provided funds for tribal schools

Question 13

When was the Indian financing act and what did it do

Answer 13

1974 and it lent tribes funding

Question 14

When was the Indian self-determination act and what did it do

Answer 14

1975 and it kept the BIA but contracted out services such as health care and education

Question 15

What was the Alaska native claim settlement act

Answer 15

In 1971 40,000,000 acres of land was transferred back to native Alaskans by Nixon

Question 16

What were the two main limitations of native American campaign for civil rights

Answer 16

Nixon’s administration didn’t reform the BIA. There was no overall solution to land issues, for example Hawaii continued to evict Indians from land if the state wanted it for building out of the use

Question 17

What were the four main issues Hispanics fought for

Answer 17

Land workers rights discrimination and deportation

Question 18

Why was land an issue for Hispanics

Answer 18

The 1846 to 48 American Mexican war ended with the Treaty of Guadalupe hudalgo, the issue of land rights was in what became New Mexico.

Question 19

Why was workers rights and issue for Hispanics

Answer 19

Hispanic farm workers often had appalling living and working conditions and had no unions to protect them, but were forced to take the work because there was a pool of migrant workers to call on.

Question 20

Why was discrimination an issue for Hispanics

Answer 20

Because like black Americans Hispanics faced a lot of racial discrimination and lived in the poorest areas of towns and cities with no government provision

Question 21

Why was deportation an issue for Hispanics?

Answer 21

From 1953 the US immigration service deported millions of Hispanic people. In operation wetback from 1953 to 1958 they deported 3.8 million people

Question 22

What did Caesar Chavez set up and what did he fight for

Answer 22

He set up a farm workers union and organise strikes, marches and protests to campaign for the rights of farm workers focusing on working conditions.

Question 23

What did Rudolpho Gonzales focus on and what did he do

Answer 23

He focused on race and his crusade for justice offered a version of black pride and influence the student walk out in 1966 and much is a direct action by urban youth

Question 24

What was the name of the Hispanic party that encouraged Hispanic voting giving them candidates to vote for

Answer 24

La Raza Unida

Question 25

Who are the brown berries and when we’re they set up?

Answer 25

They were a young militant organisation set up in 1967 who wore a uniform similar to the black panthers and campaigned against police brutality

Question 26

In what year did the Supreme Court ruled that Hispanic Americans were equal citizens

Answer 26

1954

Question 27

What did the 1966 Cuban-American adjustment act say

Answer 27

All Cubans who lived in the USA for a year with permanent residents

Question 28

What was the 1974 equal opportunities act

Answer 28

Provided more bilingual teaching

Question 29

What are the limitations to the Hispanic legislation

Answer 29

There was no consistency to the level of change and the land issues were never settled

Question 30

When was the riot at Stonewall

Answer 30

28th of June 1969

Question 31

What happened at Stonewall

Answer 31

A police raid turned bad when a policeman was too rough with a customer, around 400 people began to fight back from things and yelling at the police. For several nights running there are protests and clashes with the police in that area. And over the next few weeks for the issue of gay rights exploded.

Question 32

What was the main gay liberation group

Answer 32

The gay liberation front

Question 33

What was held to commemorate Stonewall

Answer 33

In 1970 a year after Stonewall marches were held in several cities, in New York alone 10,000 people marched

Question 34

Why did the gay rights movement expand rapidly

Answer 34

Many more people came out which caused increased public support and there was a predominantly liberal climate during the late 60s early 70s

Question 35

According to Paul’s in 1977 what percentage of people believed in equal rights for gays

Answer 35

50%

Question 36

When did the American psychiatric Association remove homosexuality from its list of mental illnesses

Answer 36

15th of December 1973

Question 37

When was Harvey milk elected to office in San Francisco

Answer 37

Eighth of November 1977

Question 38

Who is Anita Bryan

Answer 38

Famous homophobe collecting positions saying that gay integration would corrupt children