The counterculture
What does the generation gap mean?
a lack of understanding and communication between the older generation and younger generations
True or False: Black and White women together to fight for the same cause.
True
What does EPA stand for?
Environmental Protection Agency
Who was the activist that fought for the rights of migrant workers?
Cesar Chavez
Beginning in 1942, what was the name of the program that brought Mexican immigrants to the U.S.?
Bracero or farmland
What was the name of the district in SanFrancisco where over 2000 hippies lived?
Haight- Ashbury
What does the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission enforce?
made it illegal to deny credit to women just because of gender
Which presidential administration created the EPA
Nixon
After WWII, what type of labor was needed in the U.S.?
Cheap labor
What classes did Latino children want taught in their schools?
Students demanded educators teach more of their history
What was the counterculture rooted from?
When did the counterculture end?
It was rooted from social and political events of the 1950’s
The ended in the 1960’s
What did Title IX ban?
banned discrimination in education
List some responsibilities of the EPA
Protects plants, animals, and waters
During the 1970’s, what 3 things did Native Americans fight for?
Regain land
Mineral rights
Water rights
What did the 1973 Supreme Court decision in Roe v Wade do for women?
assured women the right to legal abortions
The counterculture experimented with what 4 things?
New styles of dress
New music
Freer attitudes toward sexual relationships
Recreational use of drugs
What magazine did Gloria Steinmon found?
M’s magazine - a feminist magazine
20 million
What 3 things made the jobs migrants workers had so bad?
Worked long hours
Worked in deplorable conditions
Worked for no benefits
What is a migrant worker?
workers who went from farm to farm, state to state, to work
List 3 things the counterculture valued?
What 3 things did hippies promote?
Youth
Spontaneity
Freedom of expression AND
Peace
Love
Freedom
What does feminism mean?
theory of political, social and economic equality of men and women
Describe the Loves Canal issue OR the 3 mile island scare
The Love Canal issue involved a toxic waste landfill in Niagara Falls, New York, that leaked hazardous chemicals into nearby homes
Three Mile Island scare was a partial meltdown of a nuclear reactor in Pennsylvania in 1979,
What are 4 problems Native Americans have faced?
Discrimination
High poverty rate
Unemployment
Suicide
What 2 major priorities did NOW want to accomplish?
Get the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) passed
Protect reproductive rights- especially a women’s right to an abortion