1. Top Things to Know… Causes of Civil War
1) Sectionalism: Differences in cultures between North and South. Southern dependency on slavery. Causes conflict.
2) Missouri Compromise 1820, Great Compromise of 1850, Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854: Efforts to settle disputes over slavery in western territories. ALL FAILED.
3) Abolitionist: Those who wanted to end slavery
4) Dred Scott Case: Ruled Congress could not ban slavery in territories
5) Secession: Southern states leaving the Union to keep slaves

2. Do Now: Write these down…
Why are these terms often compared?
New Deal & Great Society
Jackson, Lincoln, FDR
Lincoln Civil War, FDR WWII
Chinese Exclusion Act & Sacco & Vanzetti Case
McCarthyism & Patriot Act
Miranda v. Arizona & Gideon v. Wainwright
Plessy v. Ferguson & Brown v. Board of Education

3. Reform Movements

4. Latino Farm Workers Movement
1960's increase in immigration from Latin American
Harsh racism
Took low wage jobs

5. United Farm Workers
Led by Cesar Chavez (THINK CEASAR SALAD)
Organized labor union of Latino Farm Workers
Boycotts, strikes, and other non-violent methods

6. Women’s Liberation Movement
- 1960s/1970s: More women in workforce - Job and Wage discrimination - Main Issue: “EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK“ - Betty Friedan = The Feminine Mystique - Women not happy in traditional role - Inspires the women’s rights movement

7. Feminism
Feminism = economic, social, and political equality between sexes
NOW (National Organization of Women – 1966)
- Founded by Betty Friedan
- Fought for better educational opportunities
- Gender equality is a civil right

9. Equal Rights Amendment (1972)
- Men and women would have total equality under the law - Failed to be ratified: it needed 38 states, only 35 ratified it Phyllis Schlafly: led the opposition to ERA

10. Birth Control Pill=
Freedom for Women

12. Roe v. Wade (1973)
Issue: Abortions - N.O.W. women's right to choose whether or not to carry out a pregnancy - “Back- alley Abortions”: 1000s of abortions every year that were dangerous and unregulated Infertility & Death Decision: - Supreme Court states women have right to choose, privacy over their bodies (9th & 14th Amendments) - Women can have an abortion w/in 1st 3 months of pregnancy - Wedge issue by politicians, not as controversial among public

13. Title IX (1972)
Part of the Education Amendments of 1972 passed by Congress
Funding for sports must be equal between sexes
Results: tremendous increase in female participation in sports; others criticized the fact that some male sports were cut as a result

15. Environmental Movement
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson brought attention to the lack of environmental regulations in the US
Discussed the use of DDT and other pesticides that were dangerous to humans and birds
Considered the start of the modern day environmental movement

16. Clean Air Act 1963 -- Gov't passes law that regulates car & factory emissions
April 22, 1970 = first "Earth Day"

17. Consumer Protection Ralph Nader
- wrote the book, Unsafe At Any Speed (1965)
- detailed the resistance of car manufacturers to spend money on research for safety features (seat belts)
- Also discussed pollution caused by cars
*** Rachel Carson and Ralph Nader are often compared to the muckrakers of the Progressive Era