Organizations Flashcards by Trevor Pryhorocki

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Organization founded by 33 scientists in 1888

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National Geographic Society

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Sierra club founder

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John Muir

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Western European organization established to promote free trade - 1957

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EEC

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Cartel founded in Baghdad in 1960

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OPEC

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AFL-CIO leader following Meany

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Joseph Lane Kirkland

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Organization established for overseas veterans

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VFW

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“We do by learning” organization

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4H

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National Organization for Women founder

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Betty Friedan

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American Red Cross founder

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Clara Barton

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Famine relief fund raiser

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Live Aid

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Detroit-based union

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United Auto Workers

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Organization trying to unite Africa

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Pan Africa

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American Railway Union founder - 1893

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Eugen Debs

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March of Dimes founder

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Franklin Roosevelt

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Civil Rights organization founded in 1909

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NAACP

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Defense organization founded April 4 - 1949

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NATO

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United Nation’s children’s aid organization

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UNICEF

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George Bernard Shaw’ socialist society

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Fabian Society

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Organization that teaches economics to youth

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Junior Achievement

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First Peace Corps director

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Sargent Shriver

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John Birch Society founder

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Robert Welch

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United Farm Workers founder

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Cesar Chavez

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Girl Scouts Founder

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Juliette Low

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19th Century English Socialist Society

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Fabian Society

National youth service created in 1993

Americorps

AFL founder

Samuel Gompers

League founded in 1910 to help blacks migrate

Urban League

"Rainbow Warriors" organization

Greenpeace

Organization founded in Bogota in 1948

OAS

Largest teachers' union

United Federation of Teachers

Teamsters president - 1991

Ron Carey

Group that teaches employment skills to youth

Job Corps

Boy Scouts Founder

Lord Baden-Powell

AFL-CIO leader - 1955-79

George Meany

League of Women Voters Founder

Carrie Chapman Catt

Animal protection group

ASPCA

Organization founded to aid political prisoners - 1961

Amnesty International

Organization founded by Carolyn Scott Harrison

DAR

Planned Parenthood founder

Margaret Sanger

America's largest veteran's organization

American Legion

International Red Cross founder

Henry Dunant

Hull House founder

Jane Adams

Special Olympics founder

Eunice Shriver

Salvation army Founder

William Booth

United Mine Workers leader (1920-60)

John L. Lewis

Location of NATO headquarters

Brussels Belgium

19th century female union leader

Mother Jones

Location of Interpol HQ

Paris

Railroad car manufacturer's strike - 1894

Pullman strike

Teamsters leader - 1957-71

Jimmy Riddle Hoffa