1. Social
Movements

2. 1. Anti-Vietnam (Anti-War)
My Lai Massacre
350 unarmed civilians (women, children, elderly) slaughtered
Helicopter pilot Hugh Thompson orders his men to fire upon aggressive Americans

3. b. Chemical Warfare: kill trees to expose VietCong
Agent Orange = pesticide that causes long term health problems
Napalm = Flammable Jelly – intended to stick and burn… sears off flesh

4. c. Kent State
Students protest US invasion of Cambodia.
broke windows downtown… burned ROTC building… throw rocks at National Guardsmen
Shots fired… 4 dead, 9 wounded

5. Ohio by Crosby, Stills, and Nash

6. Woodstock
“Make Love, Not War” 6

7. LBJ, How many kids have you killed today”
“Hey Hey!
LBJ, How many kids have you killed today”
Reminder
Start at 0:30
Mute 2:06-2:12 7

8. 2. Feminism NOW (National Organization of Women) – goals:
end sex discrimination in education and workplace
maternity leave for working mothers
gov’t funded day cares 8

9. Can I stop smiling, my face hurts
b. The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan: explains discontent among middle class women
c. Roe v Wade: Supreme Court Case legalizes abortion
As she made the beds, shopped for groceries, matched slip cover material, ate peanut butter sandwiches with her children, chauffeured Cub Scouts and Brownies, lay beside her husband at night – she was afraid to ask even of herself the silent question – “Is this all?”

10. 3. Environmentalism
“Silent Spring” by Rachel Carson – book about how DDT pesticides harm the environment as well as people
Earth Day – April 22, devoted to environmental concerns
EPA – Environmental Protection Agency … gov’t agency to address environment problems 10

11. Cuyahoga River Fire

12. 3. War on Poverty Great Society – LBJ’s goal to improve social welfare
Medicare – basic healthcare for the aged
Medicaid – healthcare for the poor

13. b. Reagonomics – tax cuts for the wealthy in hopes to improve the economy … the rich will invest their $$$.

14. 5. Labor Movement Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Worker’s Union
sought to improve conditions of migrant workers
Organized nation wide boycott of CA grapes 14

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