USH Semester 2 Final Exam Study Guide (all correct)

Betty Friedan correct answers Formed the National Organization for Women (NOW) which fought for gender equality; wrote The Feminism Mystique; traveled around the country interviewing women who had graduated with her from Smith College; found that most women "still felt unfulfilled"; _________________'s book caused many women to reach out to each other, during out their anger and sadness in conscious-raising session; Haight-Ashbury correct answers Most popular counterculture district located in San Francisco Feminism correct answers The belief that men and women should be equal politically, economically, and socially Cesar Chavez correct answers Founded the United Farm Workers (UFW); organized a national boycott of table grapes; boycott continued until 1970 when grape growers finally agreed to a contract to raise wages and improve working conditions Rachel Carson correct answers soft-spoken marine biologist who wrote Silent Spring in 1962 which warned of a "silent spring" in which there would be few birds left usher in springs with their songs. Most controversial and powerful book in 1960. Many Americans took ________________'s warnings to heart and began to focus on environmental issues AIM (American Indian Movement) correct answers 1968-organized to fight high unemployment, inadequate housing, and racial discrimination Andy Warhol correct answers artist who used images of famous people such as Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor, and repeated them over and over; __________________ also produced items such as cans of soup, making the pictures very realistic Roe v. Wade (1973) correct answers State governments could not regulate abortion during the first three months of pregnancy. During the second three months of pregnancy, states could regulate abortion on the basis of the health of the mother. States could ban abortion in the final three months except in the cases of medical emergency Bilingual Education correct answers the practice of teaching immigrant students in their own language while they also learned english Affirmative Action correct answers Called for companies and institutions doing business with the federal government to actively recruit African American employees with the hope that this would lead to improved social and economic status; enforced through executive orders and federal policies Phyllis Schlalfy correct answers outspoken opponent of the Equal Rights Amendment; organized the stop-ERA campaign; she testified before 30 state legislatures which finally failed the ERA