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|Chapter 31 |Women Fight for Equality |
|Section 2 | |
As you read about the rise of a new women’s movement, explain how each of the following helped to create or advance the movement.
|1. Experiences in the workplace: |2. Experiences in Social Activism: |
|3. Consciousness Raising: |4. Feminism: |
|5. Betty Friedan and the Feminine Mystique: |6. Civil Rights Act of 1964: |
|7. National Organization for Women: |8. Gloria Steinem and Ms. Magazine: |
|9. Congress: |10. Supreme Court: |
|The Equal Rights Amendment would have guaranteed equal rights under the law, regardless of gender. |
|11. Who tended to oppose this amendment? |12. What reasons “justified” the defeat of the ERA? |
|Chapter 32 |Environmental Activism |
|Section 4 | |
As you read about the nation’s efforts to address environmental problems, take notes to describe how American attitudes were affected by each event or how the event affected the environment itself.
|Events |Effects on Attitudes or the Environment |
|1. Publication of Rachel Carson’s Silent| |
|Spring | |
|2. Celebration of Earth Day | |
|3. Creation of the Environmental | |
|Protection Agency | |
|4. Passage of the new Clean Air Act | |
|5. Passage of the Alaska Native Claims | |
|Settlement Act | |
|6. (near) Nuclear accident at Three Mile| |
|Island | |
What is an “environmentalist”?
How do you think the OPEC oil embargo affected the environmentalist movement?
|Chapter 33 |Conservative Policies Under Reagan and Bush |
|Section 2 | |
As you read, note the results of “Reaganomics” and of actions taken to achieve important goals of the conservative movement.
|Goal: Stimulate the Economy |Results: |
|1. Cut government spending on social | |
|programs and lowered income taxes | |
|2. Increased military spending | |
|Goal: Promote traditional values and |Results: |
|morality | |
|3. Appointment of conservative judges | |
|Goal: Reduce the size and power of the |Results: |
|federal government | |
|4. Cut the Environmental Protection Agency| |
|and appointed “pro-business” | |
|administrators | |
Explain how “supply-side economics” is supposed to work:
Identify the significance of each individual during the Reagan and Bush Years:
Sandra Day O’Conner:
William Rehnquist:
Geraldine Ferraro:
|Chapter 34 |Technology and Modern Life |
|Section 3 | |
As you read about the impact of technological advances during the 1990s, note inventions, trends, and efforts relating to each field listed below.
|Field |Inventions/Innovations |Efforts |Popular Trends |
|1. Communications: | | | |
|2. Health Care: | | | |
|3. Genetic Engineering: | | | |
|4. Entertainment: | | | |
|5. Education | | | |
|6. Space Exploration | | | |
|7. Environment | | | |
How did the Telecommunications Act of 1996 affect technology and modern life?
|Chapter 34 |The Changing Face of America |
|Section 4 | |
As you read this section, note three facts or statistics concerning each of the following important trends in the late 20th century.
|URBAN FLIGHT |1. |
|The nation goes suburban. | |
| |2. |
| |3. |
|BABY BOOMERS |4. |
|The nation turns gray. | |
| |5. |
| |6. |
|IMMIGRATION |7. |
|The nation looks | |
|different. | |
| |8. |
| |9. |
Note one challenge the United States will face in each of the following areas during the 21st century.
|1. Urban and Suburban Life| |
|2. Aging Population | |
|3. Immigration Policies | |
Explain where “telecommuting” fits in with the changing face of America:
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