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Inspired by Civil Rights SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
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He preached non-violent, civil disobedience as the most effective method for obtaining civil rights. A.Robert Kennedy B.Jackie Robinson C.Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. D.A. Philip Randolph WARM-UP
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UFW (United Farm Workers) founded by Cesar Chavez in 1962 Worked to improve conditions for poor migrant workers through non-violent protests such as hunger strikes Most famous campaign was a boycott of California table grapes which led to a labor agreement in 1970 MIGRANT WORKERS
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“In almost every professional field, in business and in the arts and sciences, women are still treated as second-class citizens. It would be a great service to tell girls who plan to work in society to expect this subtle, uncomfortable discrimination--tell them not to be quiet, and hope it will go away, but fight it. A girl should not expect special privileges because of her sex, but neither should she "adjust" to prejudice and discrimination” THE FEMININE MYSTIQUE
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For women in early 50’s and 60’s, the assumption was that their place was only in the home 1963 Betty Friedan wrote The Feminine Mystique which helped launch the women’s movement and challenged that assumption AKA “women’s lib” advocated equality between men and women Friedan also founded NOW (National Organization for Women) which promoted feminist causes. Phyllis Schlafly was her largest opponent; argued women liked staying home WOMEN’S MOVEMENT
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Concerned with preserving the Earth’s resources and species of life Rachel Carson published Silent Spring discussing how pesticides poison the environment (DDT). This began the modern environmentalist movement. U.S. celebrated its first Earth Day in April 1970 Nixon established the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) Al Gore became a notable figure in the movement and wrote An Inconvenient Truth claiming that global warming is largely man-made ENVIRONMENTALIST MOVEMENT
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Conservatism is the belief that government should not try to regulate too much Places such as Orange County, California and the Deep South embraced this movement Believe in low taxes, personal freedoms, and property rights Distrust of social movements such as Johnson’s “Great Society” Some argued that personal property rights were being violated when the government forced business owners to serve African Americans (believed they should freely choose who to serve) CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT
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A conservative “hero” was an Arizona Republican Senator Barry Goldwater He personally did NOT support segregation, but believed in states’ rights and property rights Lost to Johnson in the election of 1964 However, Goldwater was able to win the Republican nomination in the South This ended the “solid South” (which was largely Democratic), but southerners were willing to put conservative ideals above party loyalty CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT
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Anti-establishment cultural phenomenon Response to civil rights movement Included anti-war, feminism, environmentalism Influenced by media, music, changing lifestyles, technology, drugs HIPPIE COUNTER-CULTURE MOVEMENT
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