1. This is the slowest week every…it’s only Wednesday!! Grab your stuff Complete the 20 questions abt. Vietnam…put on p. 22 We’re continuing EOC review packets today…

3. Inspired by the successes of the Civil Rights Movement, other groups began to speak out for their rights Migrant Workers Women Environmentalists Native Americans Counterculture

4. Mexican Migrant Workers Cesar Chavez: Leader of the movement to gain better working conditions & rights for migrant workers Organized Mexican-American Farmers Union = United Farm Workers Organized Committee Used peaceful activism & organized a boycott of table grapes

5. Native Americans Native Americans among the poorest people living in the United States What are some examples of mistreatment of Native Americans? Forced removal in the 1830s Dawe’s Act in 1880s Plains Indians Wars Forced Assimilation & Education Reservations American Indian Movement (AIM): Militant group fighting for rights of Native Americans

6. Conditions on the Reservations Average life expectancy is 45 years of age Most experience 70-80% unemployment 50% live below poverty level Highest infant mortality rate of any group Highest teen suicide rate of any group 20-40% lack indoor plumbing, sewage or phone service

8. Native Americans (Cont’d) Wounded Knee (1973): Aim members too over town to protest police brutality & poor living conditions Reservation under control by brutal tribal leader Federal Gov’t. sent troops & a huge fire fight started All shown on television Results of Wounded Knee: Native Americans given control of own affairs, schools & tribal land returned Alaska Native Claims Act: Gave Alaskan lands back to tribes for conservation & tribal use

9. The Protest of Marlon Brando In protest to the mistreatment of Native Americans & the events of Wounded Knee, Brando denied his Oscar for “The Godfather” Sacheen Littlefeather

10. Women’s Rights Not considered equal, even though major progress had been made 19 th Amendment Working in war industries After WWII, many women were forced out of their jobs & were not satisfied with being a housewife National Organization of Women (NOW): Organized by Betty Freidan to get more rights for women Betty Freidan also wrote the book Feminine Mystique & exposed the unhappiness of American women

11. Women’s Rights (Cont’d) Gloria Steinem: Encouraged women to get more involved in politics to push for equal rights Equal Rights Amendment: Proposed Constitutional amendment to guarantee women equal rights Missed passage by 1 vote  Roe v Wade, 1973: Legalized women’s choice 1 st trimester abortion – still very controversial Court case based on 4 th Amendment right to privacy

12. Counter Culture (AKA – Hippies) Many middle class whites disagreed with American traditions & formed their own culture Hippie Culture: Based on drugs, music, hair, clothing… Height-Ashbury: Center of the hippie movement Fell apart because they needed the very things they were against…welfare & unemployment

17. Star Spangled Banner

19. Environmental Movement Began in the 1960s, but war in Vietnam took attention away from it Silent Spring: Written by Rachel Carson Brought environmental concerns to the public’s attention Warned against chemicals in our food & soil

20. Environmental Movement (Cont’d) Love Canal: Chemical waste found linked to cancers Major Laws passed: Endangered Species Act Environmental Protection Agency Clean Air Act