Organizations Flashcards by Fred Schultz | Brainscape

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Organization founded by 33 scientists in 1888

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National Geographic Society

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Sierra club founder

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John Muir

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Western European organization established to promote free trade - 1957

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EEC

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Cartel founded in Baghdad in 1960

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OPEC

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AFL-CIO leader following Meany

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Joseph Lane Kirkland

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Organization established for overseas veterans

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VFW

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“We do by learning” organization

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4H

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National Organization for Women founder

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Betty Friedan

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American Red Cross founder

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Clara Barton

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Famine relief fund raiser

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Live Aid

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Detroit-based union

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United Auto Workers

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Organization trying to unite Africa

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Pan Africa

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American Railway Union founder - 1893

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Eugen Debs

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March of Dimes founder

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Franklin Roosevelt

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Civil Rights organization founded in 1909

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NAACP

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Defense organization founded April 4 - 1949

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NATO

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United Nation’s children’s aid organization

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UNICEF

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George Bernard Shaw’ socialist society

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Fabian Society

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Organization that teaches economics to youth

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Junior Achievement

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First Peace Corps director

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Sargent Shriver

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John Birch Society founder

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Robert Welch

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United Farm Workers founder

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Cesar Chavez

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Girl Scouts Founder

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Juliette Low

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19th Century English Socialist Society

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Fabian Society

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National youth service created in 1993

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Americorps

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AFL founder

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Samuel Gompers

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League founded in 1910 to help blacks migrate

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Urban League

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“Rainbow Warriors” organization

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Greenpeace

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Organization founded in Bogota in 1948

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OAS

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Largest teachers’ union

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United Federation of Teachers

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Teamsters president - 1991

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Ron Carey

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Group that teaches employment skills to youth

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Job Corps

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Boy Scouts Founder

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Lord Baden-Powell

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AFL-CIO leader - 1955-79

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George Meany

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League of Women Voters Founder

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Carrie Chapman Catt

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Animal protection group

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ASPCA

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Organization founded to aid political prisoners - 1961

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Amnesty International

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Organization founded by Carolyn Scott Harrison

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DAR

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Planned Parenthood founder

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Margaret Sanger

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America’s largest veteran’s organization

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American Legion

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International Red Cross founder

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Henry Dunant

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Hull House founder

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Jane Adams

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Special Olympics founder

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Eunice Shriver

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Salvation army Founder

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William Booth

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United Mine Workers leader (1920-60)

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John L. Lewis

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Location of NATO headquarters

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Brussels Belgium

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19th century female union leader

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Mother Jones

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Location of Interpol HQ

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Paris

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Railroad car manufacturer’s strike - 1894

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Pullman strike

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Teamsters leader - 1957-71

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Jimmy Riddle Hoffa