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1 Counterculture and the 1960s

2 Women The objectification of women. Limited career opportunities.
What are they Against? What are they For? The objectification of women. Limited career opportunities. The criminalization of abortion. Women’s liberation” - Equal opportunity. Abortion rights. Affirmative action policies. The formal title of Ms.

3 Women Key People Tactics They Used/Events Betty Friedan - wrote The Feminine Mystique inspiring the movement Gloria Steinem founded NOW – the National Organization for Women and Ms. Magazine Phyllis Schlafly – key OPPONENT to the Equal Rights Amendment, which failed to pass Roe v. Wade – guaranteed women to a legal, safe abortion within certain time limits.

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6 Native Americans Self determination and tribal autonomy
What are they Against? What are they For? Broken treaties The Termination Policy of the 1950s that broke up tribes and tried to assimilate natives into cities The corruption of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Poverty / alcoholism / resource extraction on land Self determination and tribal autonomy Restoration of tribal lands as had been established under the New Deal / Indian Reorganization Act.

7 Native Americans Dennis Banks Coordinated with the Black Panthers.
Key People Tactics They Used/Events Dennis Banks Coordinated with the Black Panthers. Takeover of Alcatraz Island from Dept. of Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs building takeover  71-day armed standoff with federal forces at Wounded Knee, South Dakota Passage of the Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968, restoring tribal life.

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9 Latinos Poverty / hunger Low wages Dangerous working conditions
What are they Against? What are they For? Poverty / hunger Low wages Dangerous working conditions Lack of access to public services / education Unionization of farm labor Bilingual ballots / education access Public services for migrants / undocumented workers

10 Latinos Cesar Chavez – founded the United Farm Workers
Key People Tactics They Used/Events Cesar Chavez – founded the United Farm Workers Boycott of the grape industry to force negotiations established a broad base of local Community Service chapters Led to the establishment of a political branch called La Raza that supported Latino candidates for political office.

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12 Hippies The Vietnam War Materialism/ consumerism
What are they Against? What are they For? The Vietnam War Materialism/ consumerism Conventional thinking/conformity Sexual liberation Experimentation with mind altering substances Random acts of exuberance Rock n’ roll music Draft Dodging

13 Hippies Key People Tactics They Used/Events Timothy Leary – Harvard Psychology professor who advised people to “Tune in, Turn On, and Drop Out,” invents LSD Haight Ashbury – most famous Hippie neighborhood, in San Francisco Woodstock – 1969 – largest impromptu outdoor music festival Protests

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15 Counterculture / Chaos
FSM – 1 of 3 – 6:15-8:17 Counterculture – 3 of 3 – 7:50, 37:50 Chaos / convention – 3 of 3 – 9:28, 39:28

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