The search for minority rights, 1960–80

Question 1

What was the Federal Agency that passed policies relating to Native Americans?

Answer 1

Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)

Question 2

When was ‘termination’ for Native Americans passed?

Answer 2

1953

Question 3

What was ‘termination’ for Native Americans?

Answer 3

Native Americans are freed from federal control and protected by US federal and State laws, but tribal lands will be sold

Question 4

What were the two main issues for Native Americans?

Answer 4

Tribal homelands and self-determination

Question 5

When was the Indian Removal Act

Answer 5

1830

Question 6

By which decade were the Native American Indian Removal Act treaties declared to be unfair?

Answer 6

1960s

Question 7

From when did the BIA run the Indian Boarding Schools board?

Answer 7

1893

Question 8

What did the 1887 Dawes Act do?

Answer 8

Split the land up into individual allotments to be awarded by government

Question 9

When was the Indian Civil Rights Act?

Answer 9

1968

Question 10

What was the Indian Civil Rights Act?

Answer 10

Banned tribes from restricting the civil rights of tribal members

Question 11

When was the American Indian Movement (AIM) setup?

Answer 11

1968

Question 12

What was the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) slogan?

Answer 12

‘Red Power’

Question 13

When was the Indian Relocation Act?

Answer 13

1956

Question 14

What did the Indian Relocation Act encourage?

Answer 14

Native Americans aged 18-35 to move to cities (it was unsuccessful since tribes became dislocated)

Question 15

For how long did the Alcatraz Red Power Movement (ARPM) occupy Alcatraz

Answer 15

1969-1971

Question 16

What was AIM’s membership by 1971

Answer 16

4,500

Question 17

There were two protests in 1971 by Native Americans, where were they?

Answer 17

Fort Snelling, Minnesota and Black Hills of Dakota (protest about land ownership)

Question 18

Which organisation was AIM’s trail of broken treaties in 1972 aimed at?

Answer 18

BIA (they occupied the government building in protest of the management)

Question 19

How long did AIM’s occupation of Wounded Knee in 1973 last for?

Answer 19

71 days

Question 20

What was the 1973 Longest Walk from San Francisco to Washington in protest against?

Answer 20

Removal of Indian’s from their homeland and Congress’ unwillingness to renegotiate treaties

Question 21

Which President rejected both ‘termination’ and forced assimilation?

Answer 21

Nixon

Question 22

When was the Indian Education Act for funding of Tribal schools pass?

Answer 22

1972

Question 23

When did Indian Self-Financing Act that provided funding for tribes pass?

Answer 23

1974

Question 24

When did the Indian Self Determination act that ruled out the BIA from services in health and education pass?

Answer 24

1975

Question 25

What did the 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act do?

Answer 25

Gave Native Americans more control over the adoption of Native Americans

Question 26

When did Congress return Blue Lake to the Taos Pueblo tribe?

Answer 26

1970

Question 27

The 1971 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act had what provisions?

Answer 27

40 million acres and $462.5 million

Question 28

Which state continued to evict Indians from land if the state wanted to use it for building?

Answer 28

Hawaii

Question 29

How many Mexicans signed up to be part of the bracero programme between 1942 and 1964?

Answer 29

4.6 million contracts

Question 30

What were the 4 main issues for Hispanic Americans?

Answer 30

Land, Workers' rights, Discrimination and deportation

Question 31

Which state was of particular issue regarding land rights for Hispanic Americans?

Answer 31

New Mexico

Question 32

In which programme were conditions for Hispanic workers considered to be appalling?

Answer 32

Bracero programme

Question 33

How many people were deported as a result of 'Operation Wetback' between 1953 and 1958?

Answer 33

3.8 million

Question 34

Who was the leader of the non-violent movement for Hispanic American workers' rights?

Answer 34

Cesar Chavez

Question 35

Which Hispanic American leader for Mexican land rights organised marches, mass demonstrations and camp-ins on National Forest Land?

Answer 35

Reies Lopez Tijerana

Question 36

Who organized the Denver War on Poverty campaign and Crusade for Justice campaigns?

Answer 36

Rodolfo Gonzales

Question 37

Who led the organisation, La Raza Unida, encouraging people to vote?

Answer 37

Jose Angel Gutierrez

Question 38

When were the Brown Berets setup?

Answer 38

1967

Question 39

When was Cesar Chavez's National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) setup?

Answer 39

1962

Question 40

When did the NFWA and the Filipino Agricultural Workers Organising Committee (AWOC) unite to form the United Farm Workers Organising Committee (UFWOC)?

Answer 40

1966

Question 41

When was Chavez's 25 day fast?

Answer 41

1968

Question 42

How many students protested in East LA (mainly Mexican from schools) about conditions?

Answer 42

Over 10,000

Question 43

When did the Brown Berets march in protest against police brutality and discrimination?

Answer 43

1971

Question 44

When were the farm workers' contracts not renewed from the original contracts in 1970?

Answer 44

1973

Question 45

What did California's Agricultural Labor Relations Act of 1975 setup?

Answer 45

Rights for farm workers to unionise

Question 46

What did the 1975 Voting Rights Act extension provide?

Answer 46

Language assistance at polling stations

Question 47

When did the Supreme Court rule that Hispanic Americans were equal?

Answer 47

1954

Question 48

When did the Stonewall Inn incident that led to riots and the formation of the gay rights movement?

Answer 48

28 June 1969

Question 49

On 28 August 1970, how many people attended the New York Gay Pride March?

Answer 49

10,000

Question 50

In which cities did highly visible gay communities spring up?

Answer 50

San Francisco, New York (Greenwich Village in particular), Chicago and Seattle

Question 51

What percentage of people believed in equal rights for gays in 1977?

Answer 51

50%

Question 52

Who in 1974 became the first openly gay candidate elected to public office?

Answer 52

Kathy Kozachenko

Question 53

When was Harvey Milk elected to be a member of the San Francisco board of supervisors?

Answer 53

1977

Question 54

What was Proposition 6?

Answer 54

A law proposed in California in 1978 to ban gays, lesbians and supporters of their rights from working in state funded schools

Question 55

When was Harvey Milk and the pro-gay mayor of San Francisco assassinated?

Answer 55

27 November 1978

Question 56

When was the first Supreme Court Ruling in favour of gays?

Answer 56

1958 (refused to let the postal service ban a gay magazine as 'obscene')

Question 57

When was the First Reminder Day (an anti-discrimination protest in Philadelphia)?

Answer 57

4 July 1965

Question 58

New York City Commission on human rights ruled gays must be served in bars in what year?

Answer 58

1966

Question 59

What did the North American Conference of Homophile Organisations issue in 1968?

Answer 59

The Homosexual Bill of Rights, calling for equality

Question 60

On the anniversary of Stonewall, marches were held in which city?

Answer 60

New York, Chicago, San Francisco and LA

Question 61

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

Answer 61

15 December 1973

Question 62

How long was Dan White, Harvey Milk's assassin, sentence?

Answer 62

7 years

Question 63

How many marched on San Francisco's city hall as a result of Dan White's sentencing?

Answer 63

21 May 1979

Question 64

When was the National March on Washington for lesbian and gay rights?

Answer 64

14 October 1979 (urged protective legislation)

Question 65

What did the Democratic Party say in August of 1980 in favour of gay rights?

Answer 65

The Democrats will not discriminate against gays and will campaign for their rights

Question 66

How many openly gay state judges were appointed by the Governor of California between 1979 and 1981?

Answer 66

4

Question 67

When did Dade County, Florida propose a law to stop discrimination in housing, public facilities and employment?

Answer 67

1977

Question 68

Who was the spokeswoman who campaigned against the law that Dade County, Florida were trying to pass to stop discrimination?

Answer 68

Anita Bryan (formed the Save Our Children)