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Challenges & Change
Unit 2, Part 2 Unit Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which event most encouraged the development of the counterculture of the 1960s? | The Vietnam War |
| The counterculture changed mainstream American culture by... | ...experimenting with new styles of dress, music, drugs, and sexual relations |
| The Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974 made it illegal to deny credit to someone because of__________. | gender |
| What did the baby boom generation value? | youth, spontaneity, individuality, and spirituallity |
| Which event helped the women's movement develop? | the civil rights movement |
| In what way did the US government expand the rights of people with disabilities in the 1960s and 1970s? | Congress passed laws guaranteeing disabled persons access to education. |
| Because of Ralph Nader's book Unsafe at Any Speed __________ were made mandatory. | seat belt |
| Because of the women's movement the professions of ______, _________, and _________ were opened to women. | medicine, law, and accounting |
| How did the counterculture affect American society? | Young Americans were more willing to question authority than previous generations |
| The second wave of feminism differed from the first wave because modern women wanted_______. | full equality with men, not just the right to vote |
| What was Love Canal? What happened there? | Love Canal was a 3,000 foot long trench in New York state where children swam. Hooker Chemical dumped many harmful pollutants including the very harmful chemical dioxin, commonly know as "Agent Orange" |
| Why did the Cuyahoga River in Ohio help promote the environmental movement? | pollutants on the rivers surface caught fire which attracted the media's attention |
| List some things that were created as a result of the environmental movement. | -The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) -Clean Water Act -Clean Air Act -ECT. |
| ____ _______ wrote the book The Feminine Mystique. This book inspired many early feminists. | Betty Friedan |
| How did the sexual revolution of the 1960s and the 1970s affect American society? | Individuals talked openly about sex |
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