60s and 70s Level 3 (skilled)

Rachel Carson's 1962 book about the negative impact of pesticides on the environment

• Quiet Waters

• Silent Spring

• A World Without Fish

• DDT Disaster

This Supreme Court decision stated that states may not restrict the right to abortion before the third trimester of pregnancy, citing the right to privacy in the Due Process clause of the 14th amendment

• Gideon v. Wainwright

• Roe v. Wade

• Miranda v. Arizona

• Bakke v. California

Prominent leader of the 2nd wave feminist movement

• Rachel Carson

• Gloria Steinem

• Phyllis Schlafly

• Dolores Huerta

Which of the following did NOT contribute to the disillusionment of many young people in the 1960s and 1970s?

• the election of John F. Kennedy in 1960

• assassinations of MLK, Malcolm X, and the Kennedy brothers

• atrocities committed by U.S. soldiers at My Lai in 1968

• the election of Richard Nixon in 1968

• The Watergate Scandal

Federal agency created by Congress and President Nixon in 1970 to enforce environmental laws, conduct environmental research, and reduce human health and environmental risks from pollutants.

• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

• Environmental Regulatory Agency (ERA)

• Factory Regulation Agency (FRA)

• Industrial Waste Regulatory Agency (IWRA)

Activist movement begun in the 60s that was concerned with protecting the environment through activities such as conservation, pollution control measures, and public awareness campaigns.

• Environmentalism

• Counter Culture

• Sierra Club

• National Park Service

Constitutional amendment passed by Congress in 1972 that would require equal treatment of men and women under federal and state law but was defeated as time ran out for state ratification in 1982.

• Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)

• 19^th Amendment

• 16^th Amendment

• Non-Discrimination Amendment (NDA)

A cartel formed in 1960 by the Persian Gulf states and other oil-rich developing countries that allowed its members to exert greater control over the price of oil.

• Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

• North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

• Middle East Oil Countries (MEOC)

The 1973 Supreme Court ruling that the Constitution protects the right to abortion, which states cannot prohibit in the early stages of pregnancy.

• Roe v. Wade

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Miranda v. Arizona

• Korematsu v. US

An economic term to describe the condition in which inflation and unemployment rise at the same time.

• Stagflation

• Inflation

• Deflation

• Recession