1. Chapter 17 – An Era of Protest and Change

2. Counterculture
A movement in which people adopted values that ran counter to the mainstream culture

3. What movements helped propel the counterculture?
Beat movement
civil rights movement
Vietnam antiwar movement

4. Generation gap
A lack of understanding and communication between the older and younger generations

5. Negative aspects of the counterculture
Drug addiction and overdose deaths rose.
Violence at a Rolling Stones concert contradicted the hippies’ message of peace and love.
Many people believed the counterculture had become shallow and self-centered.

6. Women’s movement
They rejected the stereotypical view of women as housewives.
They analyzed how society discriminated against women.
They sought equality in jobs and job training.
Wanted to attain equality in general for women.

7. Roe vs. Wade
The controversial Supreme Court case that legalized abortion

8. Influx of Latin American immigration into the US
After World War I, the United States limited immigration from Europe.
Beginning with World War II, the U.S. experienced a growing demand for inexpensive labor.
At the same time, Latin American countries had increasing populations and shrinking job opportunities

9. Migrant worker
A worker who moved from one place to another to pick crops

10. Cesar Chavez
An influential Latino activist who fought for farm laborers’ rights

11. The Chicano movement and its goals
A Mexican-American effort for social and political equality
Goals: Inclusion of Latino heritage in education
Reduce poverty and improve opportunities for Latinos
Greater Latino representation at all levels of government

12. Indian Self Determination Act
Granted tribes greater control over resources on their reservations. The tribes also won legal battles over land, mineral, and water rights.

13. Ways Americans with disabilities gaining more rights
People with physical and mental disabilities participated in the Special Olympics.
The government passed laws guaranteeing people with disabilities equal access to education.