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Chapter Timeline

CHAPTER REVIEW

TIMELINEAsk yourself why this chapter begins and ends with these dates and then identify the links among related events.
1970

  • Earth Day first observed

  • Environmental Protection Agency established
1972

  • Equal Rights Amendment passed by Congress

  • Phyllis Schlafly founds STOP ERA

  • Furman v. Georgia outlaws death penalty

  • Watergate break-in (June)
1973

  • Roe v. Wade legalizes abortion

  • Endangered Species Act

  • OPEC oil embargo; gas shortages

  • Period of high inflation begins

  • War Powers Act
1974

  • Nixon resigns over Watergate

  • Congress imposes 55 miles-per-hour speed limit
1975

  • New York nears bankruptcy

  • “Watergate babies” begin congressional reform
1976

  • Jimmy Carter elected president
1978

  • Proposition 13 reduces California property taxes

  • Bakke v. University of California limits affirmative action

  • Harvey Milk assassinated in San Francisco
1979

  • Three Mile Island nuclear accident

Question

KEY TURNING POINTS: Based on this timeline, what were the three or four major political turning points of the 1970s? Defend your answer by explaining the impact of the changes.