Terms to Study for JFK, LBJ, Nixon and Carter

book written by Betty Friedan which inspired women in the 1960’s to question their traditional social roles.

• The Feminine Mystique

• Silent Spring

• Love Canal

• Moral Majority

book written by Rachael Carlson which revealed the dangers of pesticide use.

• Moral Majority

• Roe vs Wade

• Iran-Contra Affair

• Silent Spring

an area in Niagara Falls that was exposed to decades of toxic dumping which put the lives of residents at risk

• Iran-Contra Affair

• Silent Spring

• Love Canal

• Three Mile Island

founded as a political organization to advance conservative social values

• Love Canal

• Moral Majority

• Iran-Contra Affair

• Persian Gulf War

Iraqi occupation of Kuwait to US intervention which began with an air offensive known as Operation Desert Storm

• Persian Gulf War

• Roe vs Wade

• Iran-Contra Affair

• Three Mile Island

backlash against conservatism which ended with abortion rights being decided by a court case

• Three Mile Island

• Bakke Case

• Iran-Contra Affair

• Roe vs Wade

a secret arms deal that traded missiles and other weapons to free American hostages being held by terrorists in Lebanon

• The Feminine Mystique

• Persian Gulf War

• Iran-Contra Affair

• Bakke Case

decided affirmative action for admissions into a college program was unconstitutional 

• Bakke Case

• Roe vs Wade

• Three Mile Island

• Silent Spring

location of a nuclear generating station’s reactor experienced a partial meltdown

• Roe vs Wade

• Iran-Contra Affair

• Moral Majority

• Three Mile Island