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Grades 6, 7 and 8 - U.S. History - Middle School - USA: 1945-1975 - Civil Rights In The 1970s And The Civil Rights Of Other Groups
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The 1970s saw some progress in achieving equal rights for African Americans, after the campaigns and legislation of the 1960s. Following their example other groups in the USA began to find their voices. Native Americans, Hispanics, women and homosexuals all called for their own civil rights.

Grades 6, 7 and 8 - U.S. History - Middle School - USA: 1945-1975 - Civil Rights In The 1970s And The Civil Rights Of Other Groups
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1. Which book written by Alex Haley and published in 1976 was a bestseller, which encouraged many African Americans to research into their family background?
2. In 1973 a landmark case in Texas, called Roe v. Wade, marked a further advance for women's rights. Which issue did it concern?
3. Hispanic Americans made their mark in the 1970s. From which Spanish-speaking state did most of them originally come?
4. The organization that represented Native American campaigners was the AIM. What do these letters stand for?
5. In 1977 President Carter appointed Andrew Young, a prominent African American, to an important diplomatic post. What was the job?
6. In 1977 President Carter appointed Andrew Young, a prominent African American, to an important diplomatic post. What was the job?
7. The growing women's movement in the US was frustrated by the failure of sufficient states to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment Act. Which leading US feminist frequently made the remark: 'A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle'.
8. Hispanic Americans made their mark in the 1970s. From which Spanish-speaking state did most of them originally come?
9. The organization that represented Native American campaigners was the AIM. What do these letters stand for?
10. In 1970 H. Carswell was rejected for high office following protests that he had a racist past and was opposed to women's rights. To which body was he seeking appointment?

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