The Chicano movement...
led people to boycott California grapes and increased Latinos awareness of their history and culture.
One interest that defined the counterculture was
Eastern Spirituality
Congress's response to the 1962 publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring was to
restrict the use of the pesticide DDT.
The purpose of the first Earth Day event on April 22, 1970, was to
protest enviromental problems.
The Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974 made it illegal to deny credit to someone because of
race.
What did the baby boom generation value?
Youth, Spontaneity, and freedom of expression
-Which event helped create the counterculture of the 1960s and 1970s?
Vietnam War
What main demand of Native American advocacy groups was met with the passage of the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975?
It granted tribes greater control over resources and education on reservations.
In what way did the U.S. government expand the rights of people with disabilities in the 1960s and 1970s?
Congress passed laws guaranteeing disabled persons access to education and special olympics
The women's movement caused
the number of women in the workforce to double from 1950 to 2000.
What was one of the two major goals that the National Organization for Women worked toward when it was first founded?
Breakdown the barrier of discrimination in the workplace and in education
What caused President Richard Nixon to act on environmental issues?
Public's increasing concern
The second wave of feminism differed from the first wave because modern women wanted
political, social, and economic equality of men and women.
Which defining characteristic of the counterculture provided the foundation for the various rights movements that followed it?
Protest
People with disabilities gained expanded civil rights through
laws that guaranteed them equal access to education.
What issues led Native Americans to organize activist groups?
Native Americans suffered high rates of poverty and unemployment
Which President created the EPA and signed laws that protected the air, water, and endangered species?
Richard Nixon
What is one argument some people use to oppose governmental regulations protecting the environment?
Government should not put restriction on private property
Which of the following factors explains the general pattern in women's participation in the labor force?
As women's roles have expanded, more women have entered the workforce
The American Indian Movement (AIM) confronted the government through
a march from San Francisco to Washington D.C..
The Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, Ohio, helped promote the environmental movement because
pollutants on its surface caught fire and attracted media attention.
The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 was significant because it
set federal safety standards for the auto and tire industries.
How did the deaths of Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix lead to the end of the counterculture movement?
Young people realized drugs were deadly
The "pink collar ghetto" was used to describe...
men making more money than women for the same job.
What different tactics did radical feminist groups take to try to further the women's movement?
Political training for women
The primary purpose of the 1969 Native American occupation of Alcatraz was to
draw attention to broken treaties.
How did the sexual revolution of the 1960s and 1970s affect American society?
Individuals talked openly about sex
Love Canal, and other events involving hazardous waste led Congress to create
the superfund.
Industrial pollution had become a problem in the middle of the twentieth century partly because few people had anticipated
environmental problems.
Why did the music and clothing industries market products for the counterculture?
Members of the counterculture represented a large consumer group
counterculture
Counterculture movement that upheld values different from that of mainstream culture
generation gap
Lack of understanding and communication between older and younger members of the society
Beatles
English rock band legendary group that formed in Liverpool England in 1960 and went on to transform popular music
commune
Small communities where people share resources
Haight-Ashbury
San Francisco district popular with the counter culture
Timothy Leary
Political radical who encourage people to reject mean sheen society a one-time Harvard researcher he preached that drugs could free the mind and he encouraged American use to tune in turn onto drugs and drop out of mainstream society
feminism
Theory that women and men should have political, social, and economic equality
Betty Friedan
Author of The Feminine Mystique which question the limited roles for women and society and the founder of the national organization of women
National Organization for Women
Organization established by Betty Friedan to combat discrimination against women
Equal Rights Amendment
Proposed amendment to the Constitution to guarantee gender equality
Gloria Steinem
A journalist who founded political organizations to help women lobby for equal rights. She was a co-founder of Ms Magazine and work to raise awareness of women's rights through mass media
Phyllis Schlafly
A lawyer and political organizer who became an opponent of feminism. She worked hard to defeat the ERA. Her arguments resonated with many conservatives
Roe v. Wade
Supreme Court case on abortion rights. It insured women the right to legal abortions
Cesar Chavez
Influential Latino activist. He said of the United Farm Workers labor union to help migrant farm workers
migrant farmworker
Person who travels from farm to farm to pick fruits and vegetables
United Farm Workers
Labor union of farm workers that use non violent tactics including a workers' and consumers' boycott of table grapes
Chicano Movement
Movement that focused on raising Mexican American consciousness
American Indian Movement
Group a focused on helping American Indians, including securing the legal rights and self government for Native Americans
Japanese American Citizens League
Group founded in 1929 Silverton Japanese American civil rights, worked for decades to receive government come compensation for property lost by Japanese Americans internment camps during World War 2
Ralph Nader
Ralph Nader is buck, unsafe at any speed, let consumers to believe they had a right to expect safety products. He stared the nation and prompted Congress to pass the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act in 1966
Rachel Carson
In 1962, biologische Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring describe the deadly impact that pesticides are heading on birds and other animals, leading Congress to restrict the used of pesticide DDT and spurring widespread environmental activism among American
toxic waste
Poisonous by products of human activity
Earth Day
Annual event of environmental activism and protests begun in 1970
Environmental Protection Agency
Government agency committed to cleaning up and protecting the environment
Clean Air Act
Act passed in 1970 that lessened air pollution by limiting the emissions from factories and automobiles
Clean Water Act
1973 wall that restricted the pollution water by industry and agriculture
Endangered Species Act
An Act passed in 1973 to protect endangered plants and animals.
An organization that fought for women's rights in the '60s.
National Organization for Women (NOW)