Chapter 17 Vocab - An Era of Protest and Change
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Counterculture | a culture with lifestyles and values opposed to those of the established culture |
| generation gap | The cultural seperation between children and their parents |
| Beatles | a rock group from Liverpool who between 1962 and 1970 produced a variety of hit songs and albums (most of it written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon) |
| commune | a body of people or families living together and sharing everything |
| haight-ashbury | Haven for young people seeking an alternative to the straight world in 1965. Was located in San Francisco |
| timothy leary | United States psychologist who experimented with psychoactive drugs (including LSD) and became a well-known advocate of their use (1920-1996) |
| feminism | the movement aimed at equal rights for women |
| betty friedan | United States feminist who founded a national organization for women (born in 1921) |
| national organization for women | Founded in 1966, the National Organization for Women (NOW) called for equal employment opportunity and equal pay for women. NOW also championed the legalization of abortion and passage of an equal rights amendment to the Constitution. |
| equal rights amendment | constitutional amendment passed by Congress but never ratified that would have banned discrimination on the basis of gender |
| gloria steinem | she and several other women founded Ms. magazine in 1972. She decided to start the feminist magazine after her previous editors continually rejected her stories about the women's movement |
| phyllis schlafy | Conservative activist. Wanted to STOP ERA. Argued that ERA would reduce the legal rights of wives and mothers. Argued that women should focus on motherhood rather than career. |
| roe v. wade | (1973) legalized abortion on the basis of a woman's right to privacy |
| cesar chaves | The Head Start Program is a program of the United States Department of Health and Human Services that provides comprehensive education, health, nutrition, and parent involvement services to low-income children and their families. |
| migration farmworker | farm workers who migrated from farm to farm, or even state to state |
| united farm workers | organization of migrant workers formed to win better wages and working conditions led by Cesar Chevez |
| chicano movement | organized fight against discrimination faced by Latinos in education, employment and the legal system |
| american indian movement | led by Dennis Banks and Russell Means; purpose was to obtain equal rights for Native Americans; protested at the site of the Wounded Knee massacre |
| japanese american citizens league | Pushed the government to compensate those sent to the camps for their lost property |
| ralph nader | A leftist American politician who promotes the environment, fair consumerism, and social welfare programs. His book Unsafe at Any Speed brought attention to the lack of safety in American automobiles. |
| rachel carson | United States biologist remembered for her opposition to the use of pesticides that were hazardous to wildlife (1907-1964) |
| toxic waste | poisonous waste materials |
| earth day | A day created in 1970 about celebrating and caring for the Earth |
| clean air act | Set emission standards for cars, and limits for release of air pollutants |
| clean water act | Federal Law setting a national goal of making all natural surface water fit for fishing and swimming by 1983, banned polluted discharge into surface water and required the metals be removed from waste |
| endangered species act | 1973, preceded by the Endangered Species Conservation Act of 1968, authorized the listing of species as "endangered, threatened, no concern", endangered species cant be hunted - sold - bought - harassed, allows governmental containment of private land if it is deemed as 'critical habitat', recieves funding from ICUN, species must have a recovery plan to be added to the list before president approves |
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