The Civil Rights Movement Expands

AP US History· difficulty 4/5

The Second-Wave Feminist Movement (1960s-70s) achieved

  • A

    A sweeping system of reverse discrimination requiring federal hiring quotas favoring women in all industries

  • B

    Total legal and economic equality between men and women, including ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment

  • C

    The Equal Pay Act, Title IX, Roe, increased workforce participation, but the ERA failed to be ratified

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  • D

    Almost no legal or social changes, leaving women in essentially the same legal position as in the 1950s

Explanation

Betty Friedan's "Feminine Mystique" (1963) and the National Organization for Women (NOW) were key.

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