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Chapter 23
The Era of Activism
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Cesar Chavez | Lation leader from 1962 to his death in 1993; organized the United Farm Workers to help migratory farm workers gain better pay and working conditions, |
| Boycott | Refusal to buy a certain product, or use a certain serivce. |
| Mexican American Legal Defense and Education | (blank) |
| Fund | A supply of money or pecuniary resources, as for some purpose. |
| Rachel Carsen | Marine Biologist, author of Silent Spring, which exposed harmful effects of pesticides and inspired concern for the environment. |
| Silent Spring | A book dealing with concern for the environment. |
| Nuclear Power | A nation or group possessing nuclear weapons. |
| DDT | An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans; banned in the United States since 1972. |
| Communes | To be in a state of intimate, heightened sensitivity and receptivity, as with one's surroundings. |
| Ralph Nadar | Consumer advocate; published Unsafe at Any Speed in 1965 criticizing auto safety and inspiring new safety laws; Green Party candidate for president in the 2000 election. |
| Food and Drug Administration | A division of the Department of Health and Human Services that protects the public against impure and unsafe foods, drugs, and cosmetics. |
| National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety | (blank) |
| Ms. Magazine | (blank) |
| Japanese American Citizens League | Organization of Japanese Americans working to promote the rights of Asian Americans. |
| Equal Rights Amendment | Proposed constitutional amendment, never ratified, to prohibit discrimination on account of sex. |
| Internment | The act of interning or confining, especially in wartime. |
| American Indian Movement | (blank) |
| Counterculture | Group of young Americans in the 1960s who rejected conventional customs and mainstream culture. |
| Woodstock | 1969 music festival in upstate New York. |
| Altamont | (blank) |
| Nuclear Regulatory Commission | Government organization formed in 1974 to oversee the civilian uses of nuclear materials. |
| Environmental Protection Agency | Government organization formed in 1970 to set and enforce national pollution-control standards. |
| Wholesome Meat Act | Where the meat in factories had special standards before it was sold. |
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