Era of Activism

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Era of Activism

• I. Womens Rights Movement
• 1. Feminism
• a. equality for men and women
• -political
• -economic
• -social
• b. By 1960 over 38 of American women had
  jobs
• c. Education
• -Percentage of bachelor degrees earned
  by women
• -1950 25
• -1970 43
• d. Impact of the Civil Rights Movement
• -1964 Civil Rights Act
• -no discrimination on basis of
  sex

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I. Womans rights Movement Continued

• e. Womens groups organize
• -National Organization for Women
  (N.O.W.)
• -Betty Friedan
• -equal opportunities for
  women
• f. Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) (1972)
• -no state shall discriminate on
  account of sex
• g. Roe v. Wade (1973)
• -legalized abortion
• -womans right to choose

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II. Ethnic Minorities Seek Equality

• 1. Latinos
• a. Increased population
• -1970 9 million
• -1980 14.6 million
• b. Movimiento Chicano
• -Chicano Movement
• -Education
• -March 1968 Student Walkout
• -10,000 Latinos demand
  equality in education.
• -Migrant Farm Workers
• -United Farm Workers (UFW)
• -Cesar Chavez
• UFW union
  striving for better conditions for farm workers

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II. Ethnic Minorities Seek Equality Continued

• 2. Asian Americans
• a. Japanese Americans after WWII
• -Japanese American Citizens League
  (JACL)
• -Seek compensation for being
  interned (detained) during WWII.
• b. Statehood for Hawaii (1959)
• -Hiram Leong Fong
• -Chinese American Senator
• -Daniel K. Inouye
• -Japanese American in House of
  Representatives
• 3. Native Americans
• a. Snyder Act (1924)
• -Citizenship for all Natives born in
  the U.S.A.
• b. American Indian Movement (AIM)
• -Alcatraz Movement (1969)
• -Preserve the little land we
  have left
• -Native activists occupy
  Alcatraz
• -Wounded Knee South Dakota (1973)
• -Encourage improved treatment
  of Native Americans
• -Attract national attention

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III. The Counterculture

• 1. Counterculture AKA Hippies
• a. Promote peace, love and freedom
• b. Baby boom generation
• -large number of students during the
  1960s
• c. Reject traditional norms and rules
• d. Encourage change
• -long hair
• -colorful baggy clothes
• -sexual revolution
• e. The drug scene
• -open experimentation
• -Psychedelic drugs
• -Timothy Leary and Richard
  Alpert
• -LSD can free your
  mind
• f. The music world
• -music free expression
• -major music festivals
• -Woodstock
• -Altamont