Supreme Court - Enviorment

Question 1

Coalition of student groups that insisted on their right to political activity on campus

Answer 1

Berkeley Free speech movement 1964-65

Question 2

Supreme Court decision stating that state laws requiring prayers and bible readings in the public schools violated the first amendments provision of seperation of church and state

Answer 2

Engel v Vitale 1962

Question 3

Loans established by the US govt to encourage the teaching and study of science and modern foreign languages. Passed in response to the launch of Sputnik by Soviet Union.

Answer 3

National defense student loans 1958

Question 4

Region stretching from Florida in a westward arc across the Sourh and southwest that saw substantial population growth and industrialization

Answer 4

Sun Belt

Question 5

Law that abolished the national origins quota system that had been in place since 1924. Have preference to skilled workers, settling limits on immigration from the Western Hemisphere. Provided for the admission of close relatives of US citizens.

Answer 5

Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965

Question 6

Site of a nuclear power accident in Pennsylvania that led to radioactive gases and almost led to a nuclear meltdown

Answer 6

Three Mile Island 1979

Question 7

Federal agency created to control pollution and protect the environment

Answer 7

Environment Protection Agency 1970

Question 8

Federal law designed to control air pollution

Answer 8

Clean Air Act 1970

Question 9

Book written by Rachel Carson, a Marine biologist who warned of the misuse of pesticides and their negative affects on the environment. The book is credited with starting the modern environmental movement

Answer 9

Silent Spring 1962

Question 10

Supreme Court decision that required law enforcement officers to inform defendants of their rights

Answer 10

Miranda v Arizona 1966

Question 11

Supreme Court decision that required state courts to provide counsel for poor defendants

Answer 11

Gideon v Wainwright 1963

Question 12

International day of celebration and awareness of global enviormental issues launched by environmentalists on April 22, 1970

Answer 12

Earth Day 1970

Question 13

Supreme Court decision that recognized a citizens right to privacy, stating that a state could not prohibit the use of contraceptives by adults

Answer 13

Griswold v Connecticut 1965

Question 14

Law that provided veterans pensions, govt loans, and money to attend college. Sent millions of vetrans to college and helped promote economic prosperity in the postwar years

Answer 14

GI Bill of Rights 1954

Question 15

Nationwide student organization that was pro civil rights and anti war, wanting to transform the US into a participatory democracy

Answer 15

Students for a democratic society

Question 16

Supreme Court decision that established the principle of “one man one vote” requiring election districts to provide equal representation

Answer 16

Baker v Carr 1962