Chapter 30 An Era of Protest and Change

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Chapter 30An Era of Protest and Change

• How did the counterculture and the expanding
  rights revolution of the 1960s and 1970s
  influence American society?

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Standards

• SSUSH24
• The student will analyze the impact of social
  change movements and organizations of the 1960's.
• Element SSUSH24.a
• Compare and contrast the Student Non-Violent
  Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the Southern
  Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) tactics,
  including sit-ins, freedom rides, and changing
  composition.
• Element SSUSH24.b
• Describe the National Organization of Women and
  the origins and goals of the modern women's
  movement.
• Element SSUSH24.c
• Analyze the anti-Vietnam War movement.
• Element SSUSH24.d
• Analyze Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers
  movement.
• Element SSUSH24.e
• Explain Rachel Carson and Silent Spring, Earth
  Day, the creation of the EPA, and the modern
  environmentalist movement.

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The CountercultureSection 1

• What was the counterculture and what impact did
  it have on American society?
• Vocabulary
• -counterculture commune
• -generation gap Haight-Ashbury
• -Beatles Timothy Leary

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Sec 1 The Counterculture
The Counterculture
The Counterculture Rises   Main Idea In the
1960s, a counterculture of hippies developed. The
hippies valued youth, spontaneity, freedom of
expression, and experimentation with styles very
different from those of the previous generation.
Defining the Counterculture Main Idea The
counterculture was shaped by rock-and-roll music,
the sexual revolution, experimenting with drugs,
unconventional clothing, and new religious and
political beliefs. The Counterculture
Ends Main Idea Most hippies became
disillusioned with the counterculture and began
to merge back into mainstream culture by the end
of the 1960s.
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The Counterculture

• Valued youth, spontaneity, and freedom of
  expression
• Dont trust anyone over 30
• Experimented with
• new styles of dress
• and music, free sex,
• and drugs

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Youth Culture

• Culture that promoted freedom and individuality
  communes
• New Attitudes about relationships, drugs, and
  music
• Sexual revolution
• New attitudes toward religion
• Deaths of Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, and Jimi
  Hendrix
• Beatles

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Woodstock
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Jimi Hendrix
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Janis Joplin
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Jim Morrison
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Note Taking Reading Skill Identify Main Ideas
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The Womens Rights MovementSection 2

• What led to the rise of the womens movement and
  what impact did it have on American society?
• Vocabulary
• -feminism Gloria Steinem
• -Betty Friedan Phyllis Schlafly
• -NOW Roe v. Wade
• -Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)

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Sec 2 The Womens Rights Movement
The Womens Rights Movement
A Womens Movement Arises Main Idea There was a
rebirth of the womens movement as women strove
to redefine how they were viewed by society and
to gain more career opportunities. Women Find
Their Voices Main Idea The National
Organization for Women was established to fight
discrimination and lobby for reforms. Lasting
Effects of the Womens Movement Main Idea
Feminists began to make legal advances, including
legislation that legalized abortion and prevented
discrimination in the workplace.
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Background of the Womens Movement

• World War II more women worked
• 1950s - many women stayed home
• By 1970, 41 of college students were women
• Women earned less and were not promoted to upper
  management

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Impact of the Civil Rights Movement

• Civil rights provided a model for techniques
• Civil Rights Act of 1964 gave women right to
  sue for job discrimination
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was slow
  to push womens claims

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Womens Groups

• Betty Friedan The Feminine Mystique
• Felt women could not achieve their full potential
• Took part in establishing NOW National
  Organization for Women

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Impact of Feminism

• Literary Impact Ms. Magazine Gloria Steinem
• Shift in attitudes some women did not
  participate
• Roe v. Wade constitutional right to personal
  privacy
• Equal Rights Amendment make discrimination on
  account of sex illegal

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Opposition to the Womens Movement

• Phyllis Schlafly led campaign to block
  ratification of the ERA
• Many men were hostile
• Some women hostile

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Comparing Viewpoints Do Women Need to Fight for
Equal Rights?
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Do Women Need to Fight for Equal Rights?
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The Rights Revolution ExpandsSection 3

• How did the rights movements of the 1960s and
  1970s expand rights for diverse groups of
  Americans?
• Vocabulary
• -Cesar Chavez Chicano movement
• -migrant farmworker Ralph Nader
• -United Farm Workers (UFW)
• -American Indian Movement (AIM)

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Sec 3 The Rights Revolution Expands
The Rights Revolution Expands
The Latino Population Grows   Main Idea The
need for laborers led to changing immigration
laws and a sharp increase in the number of
Mexicans and other Latinos entering the United
States. Pressing for Equal Rights Main Idea
In the 1960s, Latinos pressed for an end to
discrimination in the workplace, schools,
housing, and voting rights. Native Americans
and Asian Americans Battle Discrimination Main
Idea Native Americans were inspired by the
growing civil rights movement to expand their own
push for new rights during the 1960s. At this
same time, Asian Americans battled against a long
history of discrimination. New Rights for
Consumers and the Disabled Main Idea Building
on ideas first raised during the Progressive Era,
new laws were passed protecting consumers and
mandating workplace safety regulations. During
this time, the government also began exploring
ways to help people with disabilities.
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Ethnic Minorities Seek Equality

• Latino or Hispanic Population family origins
  are in Spanish-speaking Latin America
• Chicanos Mexican Americans
• Problems with education

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Cesar Chavez

• Helped migrant farm workers
• Organized Mexican workers into the United Farm
  Workers (UFW)
• Boycott of grapes to gain consumer support

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Migrant Farmworkers Today
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Asian Americans

• Japanese Americans want compensation for losses
  from 1940s
• Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)
• 1988 Congress apologizes and pays money

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Native American Struggles

• Snyder Act of 1924 granted citizenship to
  Native Americans
• Late getting the right to vote
• Suffered from poverty, unemployment, alcoholism,
  and suicide

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Native American Activism

• Land Claims Seneca lost land for a dam
• Lawsuits filed to recover land
• Leaders of the Indian Movement
• Dennis Banks and George Mitchell
• Organized the American Indian Movement (AIM)
• Wanted autonomy or self-government

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Confrontation

• Broken Treaties Caravan groups traveled to
  Washington and occupied the Bureau of Indian
  Affairs for six days
• Occupation of Alcatraz

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Wounded Knee

• 1973 Pine Ridge reservation
• Russell Means and Dennis Banks with 200 AIM
  members took over
• Government agreed to examine treaties

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Outcome

• Kennedy and Johnson administrations tried to
  bring jobs and income by encouraging industry to
  locate on reservations
• Indian Education Act of 1972 gave more control
  over schools
• Indian Self-Determination Act of 1974 autonomy
• Some tribes won legal battles for money and land

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Consumer Movement

• Ralph Nader Unsafe at Any Speed The
  Designed-in Dangers of the American Automobile
• Naders Raiders

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The Environmental MovementSection 4

• What forces gave rise to the environmental
  movement, and what impact did it have?
• Vocabulary
• -Rachel Carson Clean Air Act
• -toxic waste Clean Water Act
• -Earth Day EPA
• -Endangered Species Act

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Sec 4 The Environmental Movement
The Environmental Movement
Environmental Activists Speak Out Main Idea
Scientists began learning about environmental
threats, leading to environmental activism and
government legislation protecting the earth.
Environmental Setbacks Main Idea Hazardous
waste mishaps and accidents involving nuclear
energy led to further government regulation of
the environment, but many Americans complained
about too much control.
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The Environmental Movement

• Rachel Carson Silent Spring
• Attacked the use of DDT and pesticides
• Public more conscious of fumes, oil spills, and
  toxic wastes
• Earth Day April 22, 1970

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Government Actions

• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 1970
• Set and enforce national pollution-control
  standards
• Clean Air Act
• Clean Water Act

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Environmental Setbacks

• EPA investigates Love Canal high rates of birth
  defects and cancer caused by toxic waste
• Congress established a Superfund to clean up
  hazardous waste

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Nuclear Power

• Plants to generate electricity
• Less air pollution, but steam killed fish
• Worry about nuclear accidents
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

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