The Modern United States ~ Lesson 2
Movements of the 1970s
Rachel Carson
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
DDT
nuclear waste
Three-Mile Island
Betty Friedan
National Organization for Women
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
Cesar Chavez
American Indian Movement (AIM)
Alcatraz Island
biologist who wrote The Silent Spring
set up laws to slow down pollution
chemical used to kill insects
buried deep underground
place where nuclear power plant had an accident
wrote Feminine Mystique
group demanded equality in work and wages for woman
gave all people equal rights regardless of their sex
Chicano Civil Rights leader
demanded land be given back
location of Native American protest