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US His 17
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Former researcher who encouraged people to reject mainstream society and us drugs | Timothy Leary |
| Small community of people who share resources | Commune |
| San Francisco district popular with the counterculture | Haight-Ashbury |
| Lack of communication between adults and youth | Generation gap |
| Popular English rock band of the 60's listened to by many baby boomers on the radio | Beatles |
| Event that helped the counterculture in the 60's and 70's | Vietnam War |
| Group of people rebelling against the traditions set by their parents in the "60"s. | Counterculture |
| One interest of the counterculture | Eastern spirituality |
| Why did the music and clothing industry create products just for the counterculture? | It was a large group of consumers |
| This defining characteristic of the counterculture provided the foundation for the many rights movements that followed | Protest |
| Proposed amendment to US Constitution that would guarantee equal rights for women | ERA-Equal Rights Amendment |
| Who wrote the "Feminine Mystique" which questioned the limited roles of women in society | Betty Friedan |
| Worked to defeat an equal rights amendment for women | Phyllis Schlafly |
| Men and women are equal politically, socially and economically | Feminism |
| 1973 Supreme Court case-made abortion legal | Roe v. Wade |
| Co-founder of 'Ms. Magazine' and worked to raise awareness of women's rights through mass media | Gloria Steinem |
| The National Organization for Women worked to protect this. | Reproductive freedom |
| Made it illegal to deny credit to someone because of gender | Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974 |
| This was caused by the women's movement | The number of women in the workforce doubled form 1950 to 2000 |
| Name given to the wage difference of a woman and a man doing the same job | "pink collar ghetto" |
| Move from place to place seeking work | Migrant workers |
| Worked to increase Latino awareness of their history and culture | Chicano movement |
| Created by Chippewa activists to help Native Americans secure their legal rights | AIM-American Indian Movement |
| Worked to protect consumers from harmful products and unethical business practices | Ralph Nader |
| Organized a farm workers' union to help protect exploited Latino workers | Cesar Chavez |
| Farm workers union that implemented a workers' strike and consumer boycott of table grapes in the late 60's | UFW |
| Contributed to the rise in Latin American immigration in the mid 1900's | Growing demand for cheap labor in the US |
| Why did American Indians occupy Alcatraz in 1969? | Call attention to broken treaties |
| One result of consumer advocacy groups | More workplace safety regulations ?????????? |
| Directly benefited people with disabilities | Special Olympics |
| Laws protecting endanger species from extinction | Endangered Species Act |
| Requires that factories and cars reduce their toxic emissions | Clean Air Act |
| Created to protect the environment | EPA-Environmental Protection Agency |
| Poisonous by-products of human activities | Toxic waste |
| Requires factories and farms to reduce water pollution | Clean Water Act |
| Nationwide protest to raise awareness of environmental concerns and reminds people to protect the environment | Earth Day |
| Congress's response to Rachel Carson's 1962 publication of Silent Spring | Restricted the use of DDT |
| Encouraged Congress to create the EPA and sign many environmental laws | Richard Nixon |
| What prompted Congress to set up the SUPERFUND? | The Love Canal contamination and other events involving hazardous waste |
| Why were some conservatives against creating environmental regulations? | They were afraid it would hamper business. |
| National Organization for Women that dedicated itself to true equality for women | NOW |
| States that men and women are equal | Femanism |
| Called attention to the dangers of pesticides | Rachel Calson |
| Why was the baby boomer generation hard to ignore? | They were such a large group |
| What occurred in the 1960's and 1970's that encouraged people to talk openly about sex? | Sexual revolution |
| What did second wave feminists of the 60's and 70's want? | Full equality with men, not just the right to vote |
| Why have more women joined the workforce? | There are more job opportunities for women |
| US government granted temporary guest work status to Mexicans | Bracero program |
| Dropped immigration quotas in the United States | Immigration And Neutrality Act |
| Native Americans did this to call attention to their needs | Formed groups such as AIM to address civil rights issues |
| Valued by the baby boomer generation | Youth, spontaneity, individuality, and spirituality |
| This began when coal smog, pesticide abuse, and polluted rivers drew media attention | Earth Day-Environmental movement |
| Americans disagreed on whether the government should regulate the use of private property to control this? | Environmental problems |
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