3. Factors Leading to Changing Patterns in U.S. Society Strong economy Greater investment in education “the Baby Boom” Interstate highway system interstate highway system baby boom

4. Factors Leading to Changing Patterns in U.S. Society (con’t) Women expected to take care of family and work outside of home Eleanor Roosevelt helps to expand women’s rights African-Americans strive for equal rights Hispanics and Asians make up the majority of immigrants after 1965 Eleanor Roosevelt

6. gave educational, housing and employment opportunities to WWII veterans President Roosevelt signs the G.I. Bill of Rights

7. desegregation

9. Civil Rights legislation led to increased educational, economic and political opportunities for women and minorities

10. Separate educational facilities Separate public facilities Social isolation of races segregation

11. Plessy vs. Ferguson “separate but equal” Brown vs. Board of Education desegregation of schools desegregation segregation

13. Bus boycott

14. Organized protests, Freedom Riders Sit ins, Marches Freedom Riders

15. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) NAACP

16. Civil Rights Act of 1964 Voting Rights Act of 1965

17. Women activists were inspired by the achievements of the Civil Rights Movement and took action to gain EQUALITY for themselves, particularly in the WORKPLACE.

18. Women fought for Equality IMPROVED CONDITIONS – National Organization for Women (NOW) – Federal legislation to force colleges to give women equal athletic opportunities – The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), despite its failure, and a focus on equal opportunity employment created a wider range of options and advancement for women in business and public service