VOCABULARY Cesar Chavez – helped to organize the National Farm workers Association. Organized a grape boycot to help fight for better rights for migrant farmers American Indian Movement – a militant organization formed in 1968 to work for Native American rights Feminism – The belief that women should have full economic, political and social equality with men Equal Rights Amendment – REA – a proposed amendment that would have prohibited discrimination on the basis of gender – It failed Counter Culture – the culture of young people who rejected maintream American society in the 1960s. They sought to create an alternative society based on peace, love and freedoms
CHAPTER 23 THE POLITICS OF PROTEST
Latino Presence Grows Mexican Americans Puerto Ricans Cubans Largest Latino group Descendents Braceros Revolution Better paying jobs Puerto Ricans Spanish-American War Cubans Castro Other groups Salvadorans, Guatemalans, Nicaraguans, Colombians
CESAR CHAVEZ Helped to establish the National Farm Workers Association Believed in non-violence Organized a Grape Boycott to try to get better working conditions for farmers
Cultural Pride Political Power “Brown Power” Movements Classes taught in own language Programs on their culture Bilingual Act – 1968 Funds for bilingual and heritage programs Chicanos or Chicanas – Mexicanos Brown Berets - David Sanchez Walkouts to demand smaller classes, more Chicano teachers Political Power Organized to have a bigger voice in government Worked within the 2 party system Also created La Raza Unida (The People United) Alianza Federal de Mercedes (Federal Alliance for Land Grants)
Autonomy Ability to control and govern their own lives. How have the Native Americans been treated in this regard?
AMERICAN INDIAN MOVEMENT Militant organization Took over Alcatraz Wounded Knee Wanted equal rights and improved living conditions
Victories of the 1970s and 1980s Indian Education Act 1972 Indian Self-Determination and Education Act – 1975 Gave more control over their own affairs Used old treaties to regain rights to land
Women Fight for Equality Feminism Belief that women should have economic, political, and social equality with men Betty Friedan Feminine Mystique Women in the workplace Women and activism
Equal Opportunity Employment Commission NOW National Organization for Women Equal Opportunity Employment Commission Made sure the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was followed Gloria Steinem National Women’s Political Caucus Ms. Magazine Examine contemporary issues from a feminist perspective
GAINS Roe v. Wade - 1973 Equal Rights Amendment - 1972 New Right Phyllis Schlafly New Right Combat the ERA Focused on social, cultural, and moral problems The Movement’s legacy Women’s roles have changed Less women “stay at home” Different careers Elected to public office
ROE v. WADE 1973 Legalized abortion in first trimester
“Tune in, Turn on and Drop Out” COUNTER CULTURE “Tune in, Turn on and Drop Out”
Counter Culture Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco Decline Hippie Capitol Page 782
MUSIC The Beatles WOODSTOCK New York 1969
Changing Attitudes “do your own thing” philosophy Permissive behavior Magazines, TV, Books – addressed topics that were once prohibited Sex and explicit violence Some embraced the change while others viewed it as a decline in morals
Conservatives Mainstream Americans wanted a change Presented their solutions to key issues Lawlessness and crime Size of Federal Government welfare
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JESSE JACKSON Ran for president 1984 & 1988 Still involved today
SAVING THE EARTH
Environmental Protection Agency Set and enforced pollution standards Endangered species
Love Canal New York Built on top of toxic waste dump site
Three Mile Island Nuclear facility near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Reactor overheated – radiation escaped
Ralph Nader Lawyer and consumer advocate Unsafe at Any Speed Presidential candidate
WEEK 13 JOURNAL 50 Copy the following in your journal: Case 21 Test is next Wednesday. We will test in Room E10. You need a #2 pencil. Not Mechanical Be here at 8:25 Wednesday. Case 21 counts for two test grades.