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Latinos Migrate to America
WWII brings opportunity for farming in southwest Mexicans Economic problems bring Puerto Ricans to NY Puerto Ricans Communism (Castro) brings Cubans to Miami Cubans
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César Chávez Fought for better working conditions
UNITED FARM WORKERS (UFW) Boycotted grapes in California - 17 million citizens participated - Four years later they received higher wages and better working conditions
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PROTEST REVIEW
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The Youth Movement SDS (Students for a Democratic Society)
“New Left” Protests the Vietnam War Starts on College Campuses with Baby Boomers Port Huron Statement Didn’t like Big Government / Corporations Identifies problems with Racism and Cold War Free Speech Movement Starts at University of California at Berkeley Admin wouldn’t let student distribute literature Students conduct huge sit-ins for days – shut down school….very successful
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COUNTERCULTURE - HIPPIES
Values: Peace, Tolerance, Close to Nature Lived in Communes: share everything Fashion: defiance through long hair and beards recycled clothes to protest consumerism colors to reject the “grey” 50s Music: folk music and rock ‘n’ roll (electric guitar) Lyrics talked about issues Woodstock festival (festival of love) Death of Hippies: crime in communes Glamour of drug use wore off: overdoses Youth got older (matured)
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The Feminist Movement Origin of Movement (people)
JFKs Commission on the Status of Women Betty Friedan’s book “The Feminine Mystique” National Organization for Women Betty Friedan, Gloria Steinem Stop-ERA Phyllis Schlafly Successes and Failures Equal Pay Act Civil Rights Act of 1964 ERA (Equal Rights Amendment) Educational Amendments TITLE IX Roe v. Wade
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