USA 60's and 70's
Environmental Damage
What was the name of the mining company that stopped closed many mines in Montana in 1971?
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Old Constitution: How many senators did each county get in MT during the 60's?
One
How many delegates were at the convention?
100
The fur trade primarily targeted which two animals in MT?
Beaver and Bison
In protest to Termination policy removing tribal recognition what island did Native Americans take?
Alcatraz
What was the proposed solution of the United States government to solve the energy crisis in the 70's?
Establish 21 coal power plants and coal mines along the Yellowstone.
New Constitution: Name one of your inalienable rights.
Clean Environment
Health
Happiness
Property
Liberty
Why were none of the delegates politicians?
Politicians couldn't run as a delegate.
Politicians couldn't have two roles in government.
Marcus Daly and William Clark were better known as what?
The Copper Kings
What policy in the southern states were African Americans fighting against?
Segregation
What nation was the primary source of income for Anaconda Copper Mining Company before 1970?
Chile
New Constitution: Where are our rights located in the constitution?
The very beginning.
What year was the constitutional convention approved?
1972
What percentage of Native Americans died to disease in the 1500's and 1600's?
90%
Women were fighting what business practice all across the United States?
Gender Pay Gap
They would use up half the flow in the Yellowstone
or
The powerplants and mines weren't going to benefit Montana
New Constitution: These three groups cannot discriminate based on gender, religion, ethnic or political background.
Government, Corporations and People
How did the convention get Democrats and Republicans to cooperate?
Alphabetical ordered seating
or
The made a democrat and republican in charge of every committee.
Montana is home to the first female representative in the United States congress. What is her name?
Jeanette Rankin
What was the name of the American Indian Movement?
AIM
Half the population of Montana lived in how many counties?
Old Constitution: How were mining claims taxed in the old consitution?
They were taxed on their original value.
What did Leo Graybill ask the delegates to think about before starting the constitutional convention?
People who enforce the law without legal authority are called what?
Vigilantes