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1 Counterculture (influenced by beat movement of the 1950s)
-non-conformists: rejected fashion, tradition, and morals -”Tune in, turn on, drop out” Timothy Leary Leave and create an idyllic community -hippies rock music, radical appearance, drug use, communal living, eastern religions -counterculture turned violent and failed to cope with reality of surviving

2 Changing Culture -hippie generation left its cultural influence
-pop art focused on everyday looking art, bright and mass produced Andy Warhol -fashion trends blue jeans, tie-dye -rock music British Invasion (Beatles) form of protest Woodstock, 1969 free music festival in NY for 3 days -sexual revolution -casual and permissive attitudes -conservative backlash—losing sense of right and wrong

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4 Changing Culture -hippie generation left its cultural influence
-pop art Andy Warhol -fashion trends -rock music British Invasion (Beatles) form of protest Woodstock, 1969 -sexual revolution -casual and permissive attitudes -conservative backlash

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6 Women’s Movement -feminism belief in equality with men economically, socially, & politically -more women in the workforce but jobs restricted -Betty Freidan “Feminine Mystique”, 1963 book called on women to examine their lives for true happiness -sparked the women’s movement for millions -Women’s Liberation

7 Women Fight for Rights -NOW established National Organization for Women -Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigated discrimination claims -Gloria Steinem Ms. Magazine -Roe v. Wade, 1973 made abortion legal -Title IX: outlawed sexual discrimination in schools, equal funding of athletics -ERA equal rights amendment never was ratified by the needed 38 states

8 Latino Rights -great increase in Latino populations 3 mil to 9 mil -many lived in segregated barrios Spanish speaking neighborhoods -faced discrimination and poverty -Cesar Chavez United Farm Workers unionize and protest, also boycotted -fight for better education and political power Demand equal opportunity and respect for culture

9 Native Americans -US policy toward Indians had always been a failure Bleak with Indians having little control -American Indian Movement wanted faster changes and reforms of Indian policy protests of broken treaties “Trail of Broken Treaties” -Indian groups won back some tribal lands and have been given greater control over Indian affairs

10 1. What was an important outcome of the Native American legal battles in the 1970s and 1980s?
Some tribes regained lost lands Public schools were forced to accept reservation children Native American women achieved equal rights with men The government improved reservation housing

11 2. What success did the women’s movement achieve in the 1970s?
Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment A ban on gender discrimination in all school-related programs receiving federal funding Equal representation in the nation’s law and medical schools The shattering of the so-called “glass ceiling”

12 Timothy Leary Richard Nixon Andy Warhol The Beatles
3. With which person or persons of the 1960s/1970s would conservatives have been most comfortable? Timothy Leary Richard Nixon Andy Warhol The Beatles

13 Hippies believed that everyone should love each other
4. Which of the following statements is fact about Hippies and the Counterculture? Hippies believed that everyone should love each other Hippies spoiled the Woodstock festival The hippie movement failed because the hippies’ beliefs were too radical Hippies invented rock music in Liverpool, England

14 Equal Rights Amendment
5. All of the following are legal gains of the women’s rights movement except? Roe v. Wade Title IX Equal Pay Act Equal Rights Amendment

15 Teenagers did not want to be like their parents
6. What is the most likely reason for the existence of the 1960s counter culture? Teenagers did not want to be like their parents McCarthyism had become a way of life in the US The British Invasion got everyone listening to rock music World War II had been over for 15 years

16 7. Cesar Chavez used nonviolent means to organize Mexican-American
Voters Students Farm workers Factory workers

17 Passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
8. The modern feminist movement became more organized and focused after Passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Publication of the Feminine Mystique Publication of the first issue of Ms. Magazine Founding of the National Women’s political caucus

18 9. The members of the counterculture movement were mostly
entertainers, artists, and musicians Latinos and native Americans Poor urban youth White, middle class

19 Phyllis Schlafly Gloria Steinmen Robin Morgan Betty Friedan
10. Whose book the Feminine Mystique inspired women to question their lives? Phyllis Schlafly Gloria Steinmen Robin Morgan Betty Friedan

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