Expanding Civil Rights

Question 1

In the disability rights movement, the term "accommodation” refers to

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B: equal access to public spaces.

Question 2

One of the leaders of the Chicano rights movement was

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A: Cesar Chavez.

Question 3

What was one achievement in the fight for American Indian rights in the late 1960s?

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D: the creation of new opportunities to preserve culture and heritage

Question 4

Which law prevents discrimination in programs that receive federal funding or are run by federal agencies?

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C: the Rehabilitation Act of 1973

Question 5

Promoting gender equality in employment is one of the goals of

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D: the National Organization for Women.

Question 6

What is one thing the women’s rights movement accomplished?

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B: the passage of a law in 1972 that promoted gender equality in schools

Question 7

What was one problem Chicano farm workers faced in the late 1960s?

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C: uncomfortable and dangerous working conditions

Question 8

Who established the Special Olympics in 1968?

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D: Eunice Kennedy Shriver

Question 9

One example of a successful protest tactic used by the United Farm Workers in the late 1960s was a boycott of

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C: grapes.

Question 10

What is one thing the Chicano rights movement accomplished?

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D: the increased participation of Mexican Americans in government

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