Chapter 5 - Human Rights Flashcards
(15 cards)
1
Q
Four freedoms
A
August 1941
2
Q
UDHR
A
Positive consequence of war
Adopted by UN 10 December 1948
3
Q
Apartheid
A
1948-1994
4
Q
Rosa Parks
A
AA had to sit at the back
- 1955
- 382 day protest
5
Q
US Freedom Rides
A
1961
6
Q
MLK Speech
A
28 August 1963
7
Q
Civil Rights Act
A
Signed 1964 LBJ
8
Q
Day of Mourning
A
Australia Day 1938
9
Q
Stolen Generations
A
Start of 20th century to 60s
10
Q
Australian Freedom Rides
A
1965
11
Q
Bark Petition
A
1963
Yolngu people or Yirrkala NT
-lost 300 sq kms of land to Nabalco
-lost fight in 1971-terra nullius applied
12
Q
Wave Hill
A
August 1966
200+ Gurindji people walked off station to protest about unequal pay & poor living conditions
-led by Vincent Lingiari
-wanted land back
13
Q
Tent Embassy
A
January 1972
Torn down by police in July 1962
Re-erected at the end of July
14
Q
Sorry Day
A
May 1998
15
Q
UN
A
San Francisco Conference-April 1945
- formed from failed League of Nations
- 50 members
- 2015-193 members
- to maintain peace & security
