| A | B |
|---|
| The Warren Court | Major decisions regarding equal apportionment, individual rights, the rights of criminal suspects, and civil rights |
| The Baker (1962), Wesberry (1964), and Reynolds (1964) decisions | Established the principle of equal apportionment and "one-man, one-vote" |
| The Mapp (1961), Gideon (1963), Miranda (1966), and Escobedo (1964) cases | Clarified the rights of criminal suspects |
| Title IX | Equal opportunities for women in sports |
| Roe v. Wade (1973) | Upheld a woman's right to have an abortion based on the right to privacy |
| White flight | De facto segregation in urban areas making issues such as busing polarizing |
| Affirmative action proposals | Attempts to redress past wrongs against groups historically discriminated against despite claims form whites of "reverse discrimination" |
| The Bakke Case (1978) | The Court ruled strict racial quotas were unconstitutional but race could be a factor in the admissions process |
| Los Angeles police officers acquitted of police brutality of an African-American motorist | The Rodney King Riots |
| The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 | Ended the nation's immigration quotas of the 1920s and thereafter Asian and Latin American immigrants arrived in larger numbers than Europeans |
| The success and empowerment of the Civil Rights Movement for African-Americans | Inspired other minority groups to push for their rights and cultural distinctiveness |
| The Red Power of the American Indian Movement (AIM) | Standoff between Native American activists and federal authorities at Wounded Knee and Alcatraz |
| The Stonewall Riot | The launching of the gay liberation movement |
| The aging Baby Boomer generation | Stresses on health care and Social Security systems |
| Silent Spring by Rachel Carson | End of the use of DDT as a pesticide |
| Three-Mile Island | Major set back for the use of nuclear power |
| Increased public awareness of the environment | Regulations making the environment a cleaner place |
| The service-based economy and outsourcing | Decline in organized labor for the past 1/2 century |
| 11-Sep | The War on Terror and the Patriot Act |
