18.1 Counterculture
What was the name of the people most commonly associated with the counterculture in the 1960s?
HIPPIES
What is the theory of political, social, and economic equality of men and women?
Feminism
What were the three main groups discussed that wanted to achieve civil rights?
Hispanics, Asian Americans, Native Americans
What does EPA stand for?
Environmental Protection Agency
What was the name of the scandal involving Nixon and other administration officials?
Watergate
Who asked Congress not to sign SALT II?
Jimmy Carter
What were the values of the counterculture?
What book, written by Betty Friedan, addressed the problem with no name?
The Feminine Mystique
What group of immigrants were able to legally come into the US because of their citizenship?
Puerto Ricans
Who wrote the book Silent Spring?
Rachel Carson
Realpolitik
Which presidents' foreign policy emphasized human rights in the developing world?
Jimmy Carter
What culture was the counterculture trying to break away from?
Mainstream
What does NOW stand for?
National Organization for Women
What Act lifted the quota for immigrants, leading to a surge in Mexican immigrants?
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
How many years after the Three Mile Island incident occur did nuclear power plants begin being built?
By allowing schools to bus kids to schools outside of their neighborhood
What is the literal translation of the bible known as?
Religious Conservative
Who did young adults in the counterculture distrust?
Authority
What did ERA stand for?
Equal Rights Amendment
What was the name of the farmhand program that allowed Mexican immigrants to come to the US?
List two of the acts Nixon passed to help preserve the environment.
EPA, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Endandered Species Act
What does the SALT I Treaty stand for?
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty
What caused President Ford to lose his popularity among Americans?
Pardon of Nixon
What is the term for a lack of understanding between kids of the counterculture and their parents from the 1950s?
Generation Gap
What landmark Supreme Court case gave women more reproductive rights?
Roe v. Wade
What event created support for people with disabilities during the 1960s?
Special Olympics
What book focused on the harm that pesticides cause the environment and human health?
Silent Spring
What did the 25th Amendment establish?
Vice President would take over when the president has died or been removed.
What does WIN stand for?
Whip Inflation Now