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1 Questioning Authority

2 Anti-War Movement Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), 1962
Participatory Democracy Draft protests Kent State, 1970

3 Counterculture of 1960s Hippies Sex, Drugs, Rock ‘n’ Roll
LSD and Timothy Leary Summer of Love, Haight-Ashbury, 1967 Sexual Revolution Woodstock, NY, 1969 New Age Spirituality

4 Women’s Liberation Betty Friedan and the Feminine Mystique, 1963
National Organization for Women (NOW), 1966 Equality in the Public sphere v. the Private Gloria Steinem Miss America, 1968 Roe v. Wade, 1973

5 The Problem That Has No Name
“The problem lay buried, unspoken, for many years in the minds of American women. It was a strange stirring…Each suburban wife struggled with [it] alone…- she was afraid to ask even of herself the silent question-Is this all?” - Betty Freidan

6 Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
Proposed amendment to constitution that prohibits sex discrimination March, 1972 passed Congress Ratified by 35 states Opposition from labor and other women Phyllis Shlafy

7 Chicano Movement Cesar Chavez & the United Farm Workers Reies Tijerina
Student walkouts Chicano studies, 1968 “Corky” Gonzales, I am Joaquin Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (MEChA) Brown Berets

8 Chicano Movement My fathers have lost the economic battle  and won the struggle of cultural survival.  And now! I must choose between the paradox of  victory of the spirit, despite physical hunger,  or to exist in the grasp of American social neurosis,  sterilization of the soul and a full stomach.  Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzales Excerpt from “I am Joaquin”

9 American Indian Movement
Established 1968, Minneapolis Assertion of tribal and land rights Occupation of Alcatraz, 1969 Occupation of buildings at Wounded Knee, 1973 “Red Power”

10 Gay Liberation Movement
Demanded tolerance and respect Stonewall riot in New York City, 1969 Activists emphasized the importance of “coming out”

11 Conservative Backlash
Why did conservatives respond negatively to the 1960s counterculture movements? FBI, CIA, and military intelligence used to infiltrate counterculture organizations COINTELPRO (FBI Counterintelligence Program) “Enemies list” ranged from liberals in Hollywood to university presidents

12 Questioning Authority
Key Terms: SDS, Haight-Ashbury, The Feminine Mystique, NOW, Gloria Steinam, United Farm Workers, “Corky” Gonzales, American Indian Movement, Stonewall Riot, COINTELPRO

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