1. Unit 9 Section 3 … and Justice for All
U.S. History
Unit 9 Section 3
… and Justice for All

2. Timeline

3. Great Society

4. A set of domestic programs passed under Lyndon Johnson’s administration.
Intended to eliminate poverty and reduce injustice in society.
Cost of Vietnam War reduced funding.
Many Americans remain in poverty today
Great Society

5. Programs Included Great Society Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Affirmative Action
War on Poverty
Aid to cities – HUD cabinet position created to fund slum clearance
Medicare Act – expanded Social Security to provide medical care to people over age 65.
Great Society

6. The Verdict on the Great Society?

7. Eleanor Roosevelt

8. Eleanor Roosevelt Influential First Lady during FDR’s administration
First chairperson of the United Nations Committee on Human Rights
Advocated for women’s rights, African-American rights, and rights of war refugees.
Eleanor Roosevelt

9. National Organization for Women

10. National Organization for Women
A women’s rights group formed in June 1966
Lobbied elected officials to ensure social and economic equality for women
National Organization for Women

11. Betty Friedan

12. A leading figure in the Women's Liberation Movement in the United States.
Her 1963 book The Feminine Mystique is often credited with sparking the "second wave" of American feminism.
She was both founder and the first president of the National Organization for Women.
Betty Friedan

13. Title IX

14. Title IX Passed in 1972 Banned sex discrimination in education.
Girls get same educational opportunities as boys.
Huge impact on athletics and enrollment figures.
Title IX

15. Chicano Movement

16. Chicano Movement Some believe Chicano was slang for “Mexican”
Mexican-Americans had faced discrimination throughout U.S. history.
Main focus was on issues like recovering political rights for Mexican-Americans and voting for farm workers.
Chicano Movement

17. LULAC and La Raza Unida

18. LULAC – League of United Latin American Citizens, used courts to promote Hispanic civil rights
La Raza Unida – “The Race United”, confronted racism, sometimes with aggressive means.
LULAC and La Raza Unida

19. Hector P Garcia

21. A Mexican-American physician, surgeon, World War II veteran, civil rights advocate, and founder of the American G.I. Forum
Appointed to the United States Commission on Civil Rights in 1968
Hector P Garcia

22. Dolores Huerta

23. Activist and Mexican-American Labor leader.
Advocate for the rights of migrant farm workers.
With Cesar Chavez, founded the United Farm Workers in 1960’s
Dolores Huerta

24. Cesar Chavez

25. Founder and leader of the National Farm Workers Association
Organized migrant farm workers to gain better pay and work conditions
Called for boycotts of items like grapes that helped win disputes
Used marches and peaceful means like hunger strikes to achieve goals.
VIDEO: Chavez
Cesar Chavez

26. Chicano Mural Movement

27. Chicano Mural Movement

28. Chicano Mural Movement

29. Chicano Mural Movement

30. Chicano Mural Movement
Inspired by Mexican muralists like Diego Rivera, Mexican-American artists began painting murals in barrios (ethnic neighborhoods) in the 1960s
An important artistic medium, the murals provided a visual presence to people who often lacked representation in public life
Chicano Mural Movement

31. American Indian Movement

32. American Indian Movement
Called for a renewal of American Indian culture and recognition of Indian rights
Promoted use of term “Native-American”
Members seized Alcatraz Island in San Francisco and the Wounded Knee Monument in South Dakota to draw attention to concerns.
American Indian Movement

34. Generation gap

36. Generation gap Differences between two generations
This usually occurs when the younger generation reaches their late teens
This is a result of the differences in society between the parents and teenager
Generation gap

37. Counterculture

38. Counterculture

39. Counterculture

40. Counterculture

41. Counterculture An alternative lifestyle from society’s norm
The 60’s counterculture was known as the hippie movement
Included drugs, profanity, public displays of nudity, casual clothing, tie-dye clothing, long hair and beards on men
Counterculture

42. British Invasion

43. Beatles

45. British Invasion Launched by success of the Beatles in 1964.
Followed by other bands that became icons of counter-culture music like The Who and The Rolling Stones.
British Invasion

46. Motown

47. Motown

48. Motown

49. Motown

50. Detroit based record company that promoted African-American artists
Became one of the country’s most successful African-American owned companies
Included artists like The Temptations and The Jackson Five
Motown

51. Woodstock

52. Woodstock

53. Woodstock

54. Woodstock

55. Woodstock

56. Woodstock A rock concert that was held in Woodstock, New York
Lasted three days with more than 400,000 people in attendance
Became more than a concert, it was a celebration of the times
Woodstock

57. Individual Freedoms that are guaranteed legally to citizens
Sentence?
Civil Rights

58. All members of society have the same opportunities and rights
Sentence?
Social Equality

59. Doctrine based on advocating for rights of women.
Sentence?
Feminism

60. The current conditions.
Sentence?
Status Quo

61. One who aggressively supports a cause.
Sentence?
Militant

62. The enforced separation of different racial groups in a country, community, or establishment..
Sentence?
Segregation

63. Practice of eliminating legal separation of races, ethnicities, or religious groups
Sentence?
Desegregation

64. Resolving disputes in court.
Sentence?
Litigation

65. QUESTIONS?