Unit 6: Chapter 22 and Chapter 23

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  1. mandate
    commission given to a government through electoral victory
    As a result of this razor-thin victory, Kennedy entered office without a strong mandate, or public endorsement of his proposals.
  2. frontier
    a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country
    In a speech early in his presidency, Kennedy said that the nation was poised at the edge of a "New Frontier."
  3. commission
    a special group delegated to consider some matter
    It was better known as the Warren Commission, after its chairman, Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren.
  4. immigration
    movement of people into a country or area
    The Immigration Act of 1965 replaced the varying quotas with a limit of 20,000 immigrants per year from one country outside the Western Hemisphere.
  5. apportionment
    the act of distributing according to a plan
    The Warren Court also handed down a series of decisions on apportionment, or the distribution of the seats in a legislature among electoral districts.
  6. alliance
    an agreement establishing an association between groups
    Two months after taking office, Kennedy called on all the people of the Western Hemisphere to join in a new Alliance for Progress, or Alianza para Progreso.
  7. feminism
    a doctrine that advocates equal rights for women
    The term feminism, which came to be associated with the 1960s, had first come into recorded use in 1895 to describe the theory of political, economic, and social equality of men and women.
  8. migrant
    habitually moving from place to place
    Moving from farm to farm, and often from state to state to provide the labor needed to plant, cultivate, and harvest crops, migrant farm workers were some of the most exploited workers in the country.
  9. autonomy
    political independence
    Eventually, AIM also fought for Native American legal rights, including autonomy, or self-government.
  10. counterculture
    a lifestyle and set of values that oppose societal norms
    Members of this counterculture valued youth, spontaneity, and individuality.
  11. festival
    an organized series of acts and performances
    Despite brutal heat and rain, those who attended the Woodstock festival recalled the event with something of a sense of awe for the fellowship they experienced there.
  12. nuclear
    deriving destructive energy from releasing atomic energy
    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), created in 1974, tried to address these fears as it oversaw the use of nuclear materials in civilian life.
  13. regulatory
    restricting according to rules or principles
    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), created in 1974, tried to address these fears as it oversaw the use of nuclear materials in civilian life.
  14. environmental
    concerned with the ecological effects of altering nature
    In 1970, President Nixon established the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by combining existing federal agencies concerned with air and water pollution.
  15. protection
    the activity of shielding someone or something
    In 1970, President Nixon established the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by combining existing federal agencies concerned with air and water pollution.
Created on Wed Jul 28 09:50:15 EDT 2021 (updated Fri Jul 30 11:06:16 EDT 2021)

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