# data[].attributes.body
-Betty Friedan: Feminist activist 1960s/1970s

-Feminie Mystique: 1963 bestseller book written by Friedan

-Now: National Organization for Women founded in 1966 the organization promoted feminist beliefs.

-Ms Magazine: founded in 1972 the magazine kept women in the movement up to date on women’s issues.

-Roe v. Wade: 1973 declared that states could  not regulate abortion during first three months of a pregnancy.

-The failure of the equal rights amendment:  Did not become part of the United States Constitution because the amendment failed to get the required number of states to support ratification.

-Successes: More women begin to pursue college and careers outside the home.

-Failures: there is still an income gap in 2015 between men and women.

-Affirmative action: pushed by civil rights leaders in the 1970s called for companies and schools to recruit  African American candidates over white  candidates to improve social and economic status.

University of California Regents v. Bakke: the supreme court ruled that schools could use race as a determining factor for admissions but that race could not be the only factor used to determine the qualification for applicants.

-De facto segregation: segregation that takes place by fact, rather than by law

-Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools 1978: to combat de facto segregation in public schools in cities

-Congressional Black Caucus: formed in 1971 by African American congressmen the organization worked together to represent legislative concerns of  African Americans.

-Jesse Jackson: African American leader through the 70s and 80s who worked for voting rights and economic rights for African Americans.

-Latino Americans: 1960s/1970s background

-Immigration Increases in 1960: 3 million latino

Americans in 1970: 9 million

-Cesar Chavez and the UFW : Most Mexican-American farm workers received little pay and few benefits

American Indian Movement: Occupation of Alcatraz in 1969 a group of Native  Americans  occupied the Island -Prison off the  San Fransisco coast for over a year to draw attention to the plight of Native Americans.

Rachel Carson:  American conservationist whose 1962 book Silent Spring

Environmental Movement:By the early 1970s it reflected  the nation’s growing concerns

Environmentalism in Action: heavy pollution and a number of endangered species were prevalent in the late 1960s

In the early 1970s Congress passed a number of environmentalist acts during the presidency of Richard  Nixon

Love canal: a town in the 1970s in NY state where toxic waste was being dumped causing health problems.

Consumer Rights: movement pushed in the 1970s to make safety improvements on products. Especially in Automobiles.

# data[].attributes.body
-Feminine Mystique- book by Betty Friedan (most prominent feminist activist) that outlined many problems women faced in the workplace in America in the 1960's.
- NOW= National Organization for Women. Founded in 1966. Major goal was to pass an "Equal Rights Amendment" to the Constitution.
- Ms. Magazine- founded in 1972 (editor Gloria Steinem)
-Title IX (9): "Educational Amendments" was a law congress passed focusing on women's rights.
- Roe v. Wade, 1973: declared that states could not regulate  abortion during the first three months of a pregnancy.
- Affirmative Action: called for companies and schools to recruit AA candidates over white ones to improve social and economic status.
-University of California v. Bakke, 1978: the Supreme Court ruled that schools could use race as a determining factor for admissions but that race could not be the only factor used to determine the qualification of applicants. Set back for minorities and blow to concept of Affirmative Action
- de facto segregation: takes place by fact, rather than by law.
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, 1978:  the Supreme Court ruled that busing African American students to predominately white neighborhood schools was an acceptable option.
- Congressional Black Caucus: AA congressmen worked together to represent legislative concerns of AA's.

# data[].attributes.body
- Betty Friedan: Most prominent feminist activist.
- NOW = National Organization for Women
- Ms. Magazine: Updated women on the movement in America.
- Title XI: Ordered that there wouldn't be gender discrimination in higher education.
- Roe v. Wade: Court case that said that states couldn't regulate abortion in the first trimester of her pregnancy
- Affirmative Action: Said that businesses should hire African-Americans to improve economic and social statuses.
- University of California Regents v. Bakke: Basically just blowed Affirmative Action back in our faces by allowing entry into universities be based off of race.
- Congressional Black Caucus: Formed by African-American congressmen to represent legislative concerns of other African-Americans
- Jesse Jackson:  African American leader who worked for voting rights and economic rights for African Americans
- Immigration: Increased from 1960 to 1970 by 6 million
- Came from mostly Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Mexico
- UFW = United Farm Workers.  Cesar Chavez’s organization that worked for farmer’s rights.
- American Indians: Occupied Alcatraz for a year in order to draw attention to the situation with Native-Americans (segregation)
- Rachel Carson:  American conservationist who galvanized the modern environmental movement.
- Act's passed for the environmental movement:

Clean Air Act (1970)

Creation of Environmental Protection Agency (1970)

Clean Water Act (1972)

Endangered Species Act (1973)

- Consumer Rights:  Movement pushed in the 1970s to make safety improvements on products.

# data[].attributes.body
*Betty Friedan-prominent feminist activist of the 1960s/1970s. Wrote the "Feminine Mystique" (1963) bestseller book that outlined the multiple problems that women faced in the workplace throughout America in the 1960s.
* NOW: National Organization for Women. Founded in 1966, promoted feminist beliefs. Major goal was to pass an "Equal Rights Amendment" to the Constitution.
* Title IX (9/Nine): Pushed by NOW,  passed by Congress, known as the "Educational Amendments" with a section known as 'Title IX that focused on education/women's rights. Title IX prohibited schools that were federally funded from discriminating against women within all operations of schooling, including any sporting/athletics.
* Roe v. Wade,1973 declared that state’s could not regulate abortion during the first three months of a pregnancy. The women felt that it was a Constitutional given right to be within control of their bodies.

# data[].attributes.body
Betty Friedan: feminist activist

Feminine Mystique: book written by friedan. Talked about the the things women faced out in the work force.

Now: National Organization for Women.
Now's major goal was the equal rights amendment.

Ms. Magazine: kept women up to date on stuff happening with women in the world.

Title IX: pushed to pass a law about the educational amendments. Basically focusing on women's rights. IX kept school from discriminating against all women especially in athletics.

Roe v Wade:  an important issue was women to repeal laws against aboration.

Women need to decide what happens to their bodies.

This law declared that state could not regulate abortion during the first three months of a pregnancy.

Thirty-eight states had to ratify the amendment to meet the ¾ requirement and only 35 states ratified the amendment.

recruit African American candidates over white candidates to improve social and economic status

the Supreme Court ruled that schools could use race as a determining factor for admissions

De facto segregation: takes place by fact, rather than by law.

Swann v. Charlotte- Mecklenburg Schools: supreme court ruled that busing african americans students predominately white neighborhood schools.

Congressional black caucus: african american congressmen the organization worked together to represent legislative concerns.

3 million latino americans.

Cubans fled communism into florida.

most mexican-american farm workers received little pay and very few benefits.

Cesear Chavez: first organized the protest for farmworkers and help find the UFW

UFW: United Farm Workers

Grape boycott: persuaded million to boycott buying grapes until latino workers received better pay.

Chicano: mexican americans to show pride in their ethnic group

bilingualism: latinos rights to teach latino students their native language of spanish.

AIM: this movement had a little success considering its been given more rights over the past couple of years.

Rachel carson: wrote silent spring. gained significant traction.

environmental movement: reflected the nations growing concerns over pollution and the natural environment.

earth day:: recognizes the first day in april.

old environment increased in size.

Clean Air Act
Creation of Environmental Protection Agency
Clean Water Act
Endangered Species Act

Love canal: toxic waste was being dumped causing a lot of health problems.

Nuclear Energy Concerns: many americans push agains the use of nuclear energy.

Three mile islans: caused the town to be evacuated.

Ralph Nader: wrote unsafe at any speed to push improvements on automobiles.

# data[].attributes.body
*Betty Friedan- A feminist in the 60s and 70s
*NOW- National Organization for Women
*Title 9- Prohibits schools from discriminating against women
*Roe v. Wade- States can not regulate abortion within the frost 3 months of pregnancy
*Equal Rights Amendment failed due to not getting the required amount of states support.
*De Facto Segregation- Happens by fact not by law
*Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools- Busing African Americans to mostly white schools was acceptable
*Congressional Black Caucus-  African American congressmen created this to represent legislative concerns of other African Americans.
*Jessie Jackson- Worked for voting rights in the 70s and 80s
*Cubans fled to Florida to get away from communist Cuba
*Mexican Americans  moved to the west and south.
*Cesar Chavez- Founded the UFW
*UFW- United Farm Workers
*Grape Boycott- Boycotts the buying of grapes so Latinos get better pay
*Environmental Movement happened in the 70s
*Clean Air Act
*Endangered Species act
*Consumer Rights - Make safety improvements

# data[].attributes.body
* Betty Friedan was the most promoted feminist activist

* Now = National Organization for Women

* Ms. Magazine was established in 1972
It kept women up to date

*  Roe V. Wade - Important issue for women was to repeal laws against abortion

* Roe V. wade declared that state's could not regulate abortion during the first three months of pregnancy

* Affirmative action is an active effort by various levels of government and by private employers in the United States to improve the employment or educational opportunities for small  groups and for women.

* The failure of the equal rights Amendment: failed to get required number of states to support ratification.

* Jesse Jackson was a African American Leader through the 1970s and 1980s. He worked for voting rights with the African Americans.

* latino Americans Immigration increased by 6 million in the 1960s and 1970s

*  Mexican Americans were the largest group that moved into the south and west to work on large farms

*  UFW = United Farm Workers

* Grape Boycott: in 1966 United Farm Workers persuaded millions of Americans to boycott

* Bilingualism : Teach latino students in their native language of Spanish

* Occupation Of Alcatraz was a group of Native Americans in 1969

* Rachel Carson American conservationist

* Environmental Movement - was a movement in the 1970s that reflected the nation's growing concerns over pollution

* The problems were smog, oil spills, Heavy

# data[].attributes.body
betty fridan: most prominent feminist  activist of the 60s/70s

NOW= national organization for women founded in 1966 the organization promoted feminist  beliefs in workplace etc

roe v wade
declared that state could not regulate abortion during the first three months of pregnancy

de facto segregation= segregation that takes place by the fact, rather than law (usually takes place in large cities's)

swann v charlotte- Mecklenburg schools, 1978= court rules that busing African Americans  students to predominately white neighborhood schools was an option.

congressional black caucus= 1971 by African American congressmen the organization worked together to represent concerns of African Americans.

jesses jackson= African American  leader through the 70s and 80s who worked for voting rights for African Americans.

cesar chavez= organizer in 1965 to protest for farmworkers in California and helps found the UFW

ufw= united farm workers

grape boycott= 1966 the UFW persuaded millions of American to boycott the buying of grapes until latino workers received better pay.

bilingualism= promoted in the 1970s by latino right supporters to teach latino students their native language.

occupation of alcatraz= 1960 group pf native americans occupied the island-prison off the san fransisco coast for over a year to draw attention to plight of their people

rachel carson= american conservationist whose 1962 book silent spring galvanized modern environmental movement

environmental movement= 1970s it reflected the nations growing concerns over pollution and the destruction of the natural environment

problems = smog, oil spills. heavy pollution and a number of endangered species were prevalent in the late 60s

nixon passed these acts
clean air act
creation of environmental protection agency
clean water act
endangered species act

love canal= in 70s in NY state where toxic waste was being dumped casuing health problem

nuclear engergy concerns= many americas push agains the se of nuclear energy.

consumer rights= movement pushed in the 70s to make safety improvements on products