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Comparing Movements for Civil Rights

Question 6 • EA Academy Civics 9

Why did Indigenous students begin the 1969 Alcatraz occupation?

Answer
A
to protest the US government’s unfair treatment of Indigenous tribes
B
to prevent the construction of a telescope on Mauna Kea
C
to protect the region’s water supply from oil pipeline construction
D
to protest the US government’s refusal to grant them US citizenship
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