The 60s and early 70s were a time of "culture wars." This meant that things were changing socially--old values were being challenged by new ideas. Use your textbook and/or the internet to answer the following:

1. Environmental movement (pp. 939-942)

• Identify Rachel Carson, her book, and her ideas.
• Identify "DDT" 
• Identify the E.P.A.
• What law was designed to save animals from extinction. 
• When did "Earth Day" begin? 

2. Women's rights movement (pp. 926-930)

• Identify Betty Friedan, her book, and her ideas.
• Identify Phyllis Schlafly and her ideas.
• What did "Title IX" (Title 9) say?
  
• Identify what the case of Roe v. Wade did or said.
• Read about "Jane Roe's" roller-coaster life at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Roe then explain how her opinion on the Roe v. Wade issue changed.
• What was "E.R.A." and was it successful? 

3. Latino rights movement (pp. 932-937)

• Identify Cesar Chavez and his ideas

4. American Indians' movement (pp. 936-937)

• Identify "A.I.M." and what the stood for.
• How did AIM become famous/infamous? 
• List their main goals. 

5. The "Counterculture" (pp. 922-925)

• Although it may be hard to nail down, what did the hippies stand for or believe in?
• Identify the "Summer of Love" (use internet for this one: when?, where?, who?, etc.)
• What kinds of things took place at Woodstock? 
• Give 3 examples of things impacted by the counterculture movement.