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Junko Protest
Term | Definition |
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Hippies | Group that rejected the conformity, materialism, and work ethic of the older generation |
Equal Rights Amendment | The failed attempt to pass a Constitutional amendment that would bring promise equality between the genders |
Betty Friedan | Author of the book "The Feminine Mystique" |
NOW | National Organization for Women |
The Summer of Love | A movement that embraced an alternative to the social concerns of the 1960s |
Woodstock | Rock festival in New York that drew 500,000 people |
Cesar Chavez | Leader of a successful Grape Boycott to win rights for Hispanic farm workers |
EPA | The organization that was created to protect "the entire ecological chain" |
Three Mile Island | The site of a near nuclear disaster in Pennsylvania |
Rock and Roll | The anthems of the 1960s can be found in this music that bonded the consciousness movement to the political movement |
National Women's Political Caucus | Group formed to lobby for women's issue on Capitol Hill |
UFWOC | The United Farm Workers Union |
Gloria Steinum | The founder of Ms. Magazine |
Norma McCorvey | The plaintiff in the Roe v. Wade case |
Love Canal | The site of a large chemical dump that was leaking chemicals in to the backyards of local residents |
Nixon | He signed the Clean Air Act |
Communes | Large farms that served as a separate community for the members of the counterculture |
This river caught on fire in 1969 | Cuyahoga |
Earth Day | April 22nd |
This city became a victim of a long lasting smog epedemic | London |