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1 An Era of Protest and Change

2 The Counterculture Rise Values Beat Movement- 1950s
Civil Rights Movement Values The Beat movement- freedom from materialism and importance on experiences Civil Rights Movement- social and political unrest Vietnam anti-war movement Youth Spontaneity Freedom of expression Peace, love, and freedom

3 Women’s Rights Movement
Feminism Betty Friedan and The Feminine Mystique NOW- national organization for women First wave vs. second wave Feminine Mystique- Redefinition of traditional roles NOW- Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)- guarantee gender equality under the law Reproductive rights

4 Women’s Rights Movement
Gloria Steinam Phyllis Schlafly “total assault on the family, on marriage, and on children.” ERA failed Legal cases Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Title IX of the higher education act of 1972 Roe v. Wade Assured women the right to legal abortions Steinam- report on wwomen in the work place Schlafly-

5 Rights Revolution Expands
Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments Spanish Americans Bracero Program Post WWII immigration Eliminate national-origin quotas Asian and Mexican immigrants surged- bc of LBJs immigration policy Puerto Ricans- legal immigration from a US territory Dominicans and Cubans- political refugees New York City and Miami

6 Rights Revolution Expands
Pressing for Equal Rights Cesar Chavez Fought for migrant Farm Workers United Farm Workers (UFW) Chicano Movement La Raza Unida in Texas- political party – better housing and jobs, and Hispanic representation UFW- Boycott of California Grapes California passes a law requiring collective bargaining Chicano movement- Awareness of history and culture Brown Power By Hispanics sat in Congress

7 Rights Revolution Expands
American Indian Movement (AIM) Asian Americans Alcatraz- closed in 1963, treaty granted them unused federal land -”native American embassy” Late feb 1973 AIM took over the village and refused to leave until investigation, federal government put village under siege two AIM members died in gunfire, in may government pledged to reexamine native treaty rights Granted tribes greater control over resources and education on reservations AIM- Securing of land, legal rights and self government occupation of Alcatraz 1972 march from San Francisco to Washington D.C. Dee Brown’s Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee Siege at wounded knee- investigation into conditions on reservations Legal cases Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 Japanese American Citizen League- gov. pay for land lost during internment

8 Rights Revolution Expands
Consumers Disabled Unsafe at any speed- by Ralph Nader showed flawed car designs National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 Seat belts standard equipment OSHA- Occupational Safety and Health Administration Disabled- Vietnam and Korean Veterans 1962- beginning of Special Olympics

9 Environmental Movement
1952 London Smog- Silent Spring by Rachel Carson Cuyahoga River Fire- 1969 Earth Day! April 22, 1970 Environmental Protection Agency- EPA- 1970 Clean Air Act (1970), Clean Water Act (1973), Endangered Species Act (1973)- Nixon 1952 London Smog- caused by coal fires killed 12,000 people Silent Spring by Rachel Carson Created wide spread environmental activism- ended the use of DDT Cuyahoga River Fire- 1969 The river caught fire because of how much waste and chemicals were in it Earth Day! April 22, 1970 Environmental Protection Agency- EPA- 1970 Clean Air Act (1970), Clean Water Act (1973), Endangered Species Act (1973)- Nixon

10 Environmental Movement
Love Canal- 1978 Three Mile Island Questioning Regulation Creation of superfund in 1980 Nuclear power plant reactor began to melt down Taking away personal property laws Owners would protect it better bc they had an interest in it

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