US History Chapter 18 Vocab

Equal Pay Act

outlawed paying men more than women for the same job

Equal Rights Amendment

protect women from discrimination in the constitution (didn’t pass)

affirmative action

policies to increase opportunities for minorities by considering race and gender

Huerta

female activist who made an organization to help farm workers

Roe v. Wade

supreme court case that legalized abortion nationwide

EPA

gov’t agency to protect the environment and reduce pollution

AIM

group fighting for native American rights and better treatment

FSM

college students fighting for free speech rights on campus (mainly Berkely)

Title IX

Law banning gender discrimination in schools w federal funding (helped women sports)

counterculture

young people in 1960s who rejected traditional American lifestyles

commune

group of people (hippies) living together and sharing everything

UFW

union from merged organizations fighting for better pay and working conditions for farmers

Chavez

male labor leader who organized farm workers and lead boycotts

busing

sending students to different schools to help racially integrate schools

Friedan

wrote The Feminine Mystique and helped start the modern women’s rights movement