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Rachel Carson's book called " Silent Spring"
Rachel Carson explained in her book about how they have to watch the environment and see the problem pollultion is bringing with the extreme use of the chemical DDT -
Publication of Betty Friedan's Feminie Mystique
It was a magazine that was used to put out word of womens unhappiness in the 1950s. -
Congress passes the clean air act
When congress passed this it illiminated the use of DDT aswell banned the use of having it. -
Ralph Nader's Unsafe at any speed
Ralph Nadar was an consumer activist so with this he fought against companies he thought might be cutting corners I guess you can say. He got car companies to add more saftey procotions but it mainly wasn't just cars meat packaging also. -
NOW is founded
National Organization of Women or NOW for short was an organization that was formed to fight for womens rights in the 60s -
Woodstock
A concert that took place in upstate new york that camped out more then half a million and was peaceful unlike altamont which had protection. Also there was a high percentage of drug use. -
First Earth Day celebration
Earth day was created to celebrate te earths environment and to make sure that it stays health and to try to prevent as much harmful pollultion as we can. -
The EPA is established
Just by the name of the agency you put together that their min goal was to make sure the environment is not harmed and is not getting pollulted -
Protesters from the AIM take over the reservation at Wounded Knee
AIM was a organization of native americans who believed that they should gain some of their land back and went to Wounded Knee to try to take it back but without violence -
Roe V. Wade
Roe V. Wade was a court case against unwnted pregnancy. When ruled it legalized abortion
