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Cesear Chavez
organized a union/group to fight for better wages and benefits for farmers
helped natives get back their reservation land
The Indian Civil Rights act
Stopped discrimination against women in all operations
Title IX (nine)
president that resigned after the Watergate scandal
Richard Nixon
Bilingualism
speaking 2 languages
made it illegal to regulate abortion in the first 3 months of pregnancy in all state
Roe V Wade
president who took over after Nixon
Gerald Ford
location of a nuclear facility that had a malfunction
Three mile Island
Fossil fuel
coil, oil and natural gas
President who valued human rights
Jimmy Carter
Why did some people not want bilingualism in schools?
Betty Friedan
wrote The Feminine Mystique
Busing policy
Bussed students from their district to another to help integration of schools
What President slowed the integration of schools?
Richard Nixon
Having everything you should want but not being happy
What was the main idea of The Feminine Mystique
Feminism
belief that men and women should have the same rights
Why were many people afraid of nuclear energy?
The negative effects it had on the environment and the people
What canal was filled after chemical waste was dumped there leaving people to get sick from the chemicals
Love Canal
invented to bring awareness to things hurting the planet
Earth Day
members of the counterculture were commonly called:
Hippies
Prior to being impeached, what did Nixon do?
resign or quit
What did President Ford do for Nixon to decrease tensions around the Watergate scandal to help the country move on?
Ford pardoned Nixon
What was the book called that warned people about using chemicals and pesticides on produce?
What was one way women were treated differently in social settings (jobs, stores...etc) than men?
lesser pay, different job opportunities, less ability to move up in there job (only one needed)
What was President Carters job before being president?
Governor of Georgia OR peanut farmer