1. CHP. 23 AN ERA OF SOCIAL CHANGE IN THIS CHAPTER YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT THE QUEST FOR RADICAL CHANGE INITIATED BY MANY GROUPS IN THE 1960S.

2. LEARNING GOALS Essential Question Why did social protests and calls for change sweep across the U.S. in the 1960s? Objectives Explain how Latinos and Native Americans confronted injustices. Describe the motivations behind the women’s movement. Point out the ways in which the counterculture challenged traditional American values.

3. LATINOS & NATIVE AMERICANS SEEK EQUALITY Cesar Chavez Organized a union for California’s mostly Spanish- speaking farm workers. United Farm Workers Organizing Committee Union formed in 1966 for higher wages & better working conditions for Mexican-American farm workers in California. American Indian Movement Militant organization formed in 1968 to work for Native American rights.

4. WOMEN FIGHT FOR EQUALITY Feminism Belief that women should have economic, political, & social equality with men. National Organization for Women Organization to pursue feminist goals, such as better childcare facilities, improved educational opportunities, & end job discrimination. Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) Failed amendment to U.S. constitution that would have prohibited any gov’t discrimination on the basis of sex. Betty Friedan Author of The Feminine Mystique Phyllis Schlafly Led movement against ERA suggesting it would lead to broken homes, fathers not paying for kids, and more abortions.

5. CULTURE & COUNTERCULTURE Counterculture Young people rejected mainstream American society in the 1960s, seeking an alternative society based on peace, love, and individual freedom. Haight-Ashbury San Francisco neighborhood became “capital” of hippie counterculture. The Beatles British band that had an enormous influence on pop music in the 1960s. Woodstock Free music festival in New York attended by 400,000 people in August 1969.