The 1970s

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Across
  1. 3. The term used to refer to the barriers preventing women from entering higher paying jobs
  2. 4. The sharp decline in birth rate between 1975 & 1980
  3. 7. The idea that women should make the same amount of money for doing the same jobs as men
  4. 10. Precipitation that contains acid as a result of poisons in the atmosphere
  5. 16. The lack of trust in government leadership
  6. 19. Environmental Protection Agency - Government agency aimed to repair existing environmental damage & to prevent further destruction.
  7. 20. Male who believes men are superior to women
  8. 21. Parts of the Northeast & Midwest that suffered economically because of rusting factories left behind by declining industries as a large part of the population moving to the Sunbelt in the 1970s
  9. 22. represents a conscious effort to move from conflict to cooperation without fully resolving underlying differences.
  10. 23. Cultural attitude used to characterize the 1970s - the focus on self-improvement & personal fulfillment
  11. 24. What President Carter called the need to end the nation’s dependence on imported oil. It was that important!
Down
  1. 1. Financial incentives (for complying with a government plan/program) that reduce the amount of taxes a taxpayer owes the government.
  2. 2. A community-driven movement where ordinary people organize, usually at a local level, to drive social, political, or economic change.
  3. 5. The term used to describe the slower decline in poverty for women in the 1970s - divorce, pay gap & childcare all contributed to the difference. Feminization of ___________
  4. 6. A person seized or held as security for the fulfillment of a condition.
  5. 8. A person’s ethnic identity (ethnic = belonging to a population group or subgroup made up of people who share a common cultural background or descent.
  6. 9. A rating that measures the percentage of people who indicated they are satisfied with a political leader's performance.
  7. 11. Protection and preservation of natural resources
  8. 12. Easing of strained relations or tensions between hostile nations, (U.S. and USSR) typically through diplomacy, trade agreements, or treaties.
  9. 13. Processors that were essentially the “brain” of the computer. The smaller size led to the shrinking size of technology.
  10. 14. Formed in 1960 by Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait & Venezuela. A worldwide association of major oil-exporting nations that sets oil prices. Today Indonesia, Libya, Algeria, Nigeria & UEA are also members
  11. 15. The advocacy of women’s rights on the basis of equality of the sexes
  12. 17. Formed in 1971 by feminist leaders, an influential organization that worked to get more women elected to office & that
  13. 18. A neighborhood in Niagra, NY where residents unknowingly lived atop a chemical waste dump, exposing them to poisons (leading to cancers & birth defects - resulted in Congress passing laws requiring businesses to clean their toxic waste sites