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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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