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14.4 Practice

True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
 

 1. 

Activists for women's rights are called feminists.
 

 2. 

Women lost job opportunities and were shut out of universities in the 1970s.
 

 3. 

The term Hispanic American refers only to Americans from Mexico.
 

 4. 

The UFW is the same organization as the United Farm Workers.
 

 5. 

Herman Badillo was the first representative to Congress of Puerto Rican origin.
 

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 6. 

What prohibited employers from paying women less than men for the same work?
a.
Statutes of Women
c.
Disabilities Act
b.
Equal Pay Act
d.
Equal Rights Amendment
 

 7. 

Whom did President Ronald Reagan appoint in 1981 as the first female justice of the Supreme Court?
a.
Rosa Parks
c.
Sandra Day O'Connor
b.
Jesse de la Cruz
d.
Betty Friedan
 

 8. 

What organization promotes the election of Hispanic Americans to government posts?
a.
LULAC
c.
UFW
b.
La Raza Unida
d.
AIM
 

 9. 

What law recognizes the right of Native American nations to make laws on their reservations?
a.
La Raza Unida
c.
Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968
b.
NCAI
d.
American Indian Movement
 

 10. 

In February 1973 AIM seized the town of
a.
Birmingham.
c.
Wounded Knee.
b.
Washington, D.C.
d.
Sand Creek.
 

Matching
 
 
Match each item with the correct statement below.
a.
César Chávez
d.
Russell Means
b.
Phyllis Schlafly
e.
Roberto Clemente
c.
feminists
 

 11. 

helped create NOW
 

 12. 

organized UFW
 

 13. 

baseball hero
 

 14. 

opponent of the ERA
 

 15. 

AIM leader
 
 
Match each item with the correct statement below.
a.
Sandra Day O’Connor
c.
Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968
b.
Latino
d.
Dennis Banks
 

 16. 

person of Spanish descent and culture
 

 17. 

first woman U. S. Supreme Court Justice
 

 18. 

founder of AIM
 

 19. 

guarantees civil rights to all Native Americans
 

Short Answer
 

 20. 

What book by Betty Friedan described the hopes of many women for greater opportunities in society?
 

 21. 

What country does the largest Latino group in America come from?
 

 22. 

Why did more than 200,000 Cubans flee to America in the 1960s?
 

 23. 

What group worked for equal rights and improved living conditions for Native Americans?
 

 24. 

For what group did Congress pass a number of laws in the 1960s and 1970s, including removal of barriers from public facilities and more opportunities in the workplace?
 



 
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