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1960’s –
Section 1 The Counterculture
What was changing in the U.S. ?
What were people in U.S. protesting ?
Involvement in Vietnam
Civil Rights
Role of women
Music
Racial Discrimination
Read pg. 572
Generation Gap
Lack of understanding between older & younger generation
What was Woodstock ?
Section 1 The Counterculture
Expression of “counterculture” in 1960’s.
Rebelled against custom in :
Dress
Music
Personal Behavior
Young people went “counter”(against) mainstream culture
* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ4QF45Vygw
How did they rebel against custom in:
Dress
Music
Personal Behavior
HIPPIESSection 1 The Counterculture
Members of counterculture who valued
SpontaneityYouth Freedom of Expression
Promoted peace, love, freedom
Experimented with :
new styles of dress,
music,
freer attitudes towards sex
recreational use of drugs
MusicSection 1 The Counterculture
Based on Rock n’ Roll of 50’s, Beatles, Bob Dylan
Art
Andy Warhol – “what was real”
Literature
Tom Wolfe Hunter Thompson
Sexual RevolutionSection 1 The Counterculture
Separation of sex from traditional family life, advocated new living patterns – pre marital sex
Communes - small living communities in which people have common interests, share food, chores, child raising.
“Haight-Ashbury( San Francisco)– many drug related problems
“Turn on” to drugs, “drop out” of mainstream society.
Counterculture Ends – end of 60’s Section 1 The Counterculture
Becoming shallow, self-centered.
Drug related deaths -
Rolling Stones – Altamont Murders- contradicted the values of peace & love that many hippies embraced.
The theory of political, social, economic equality of men & women
Section 2 Feminism
1st. Wave of Feminism – Late 1800’s – 1920 , ended with Women’s right to vote.
Is that possible ?
Section 2 Feminism 2nd Wave of Feminism –
1960’s – 1970’s
Civil Rights movement both inspired women to demand gender ( M,F) equality & taught them ways to get it.
Also brought black/white women together
Section 2 Feminism
Women wanted to redefine how they were viewed. Objected to “housewife stereotype”, some needed to work, others wanted more opportunities
Civil Rights movement both inspired women to demand gender ( M,F) equality & taught them ways to get it.
Also brought black/white women together
Betty Friedan – wrote Feminine Mystique (read pg. 575)Women wanted to redefine how they were viewed.
Women looking for better work, dead end jobs, demanded equal treatment in workplace.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41aneMxC12o
Section 2 Feminism
Civil Rights movement both inspired women to demand gender ( M,F) equality & taught them ways to get it.
Also brought black/white women together
Get ERA Amendment passed – guarantee gender equality under the law.
NOW – Organization dedicated to winning true equality for all, attain full & equal partnership of sexes.
NOW worked w/n political system
Protect reproductive rights esp. right to abortion
Radical Feminists – Miss America Pageant protests
Gloria Steinem – change thru mass media –Read pg. 576
Section 2 Feminism
EFFECTS OF FEMINISIM
Opposition - Phyllis Schlafly –Conservative political activist , worked successfully to defeat ERA, never passed, needed 3 states approval.
• Some say not enough gains
Ban job discrimination based on gender
Roe vs. Wade – right to a legal abortion
Women cannot be denied credit based on gender
Title IX – Sports, equal opportunity
• Some say it has harmed society
Workplace slowly changes Women still earn
less “Pink Collar Ghetto “, “Glass Ceiling”
Feminization of Poverty
Latinos/HispanicsSection 3 Rights Revolution Expands.
Families originated in Spanish-speaking Latin America, come from different countries, share the same language.
Read pg 581 Emerging Communities.
Chicanos – Mexican Americans
BRACERO Program – granted Mexican migrants temporary guest worker status, in over 25 years, more than 4 million entered. Helped with farm work during WWII.
Latino’s press for equal treatment
CAESAR CHAVEZ – Latino activist who fought for migrant farm workers, formed UNFW .
Native AmericansSection 3 Rights Revolution Expands. Demonstrated for change, esp.
self-government securing of land, legal rights,
WOUNDED KNEE (South Dakota)
Site of 1890 massacre of Sioux by U.S. government. Native American activists took over Wounded Knee and
demanded better conditions on Indian reservations. Became violent, several deaths.
Environmental ActivistsSection 4 The Environmental Movement
Earth Day – yearly celebrated in April, calls attention to environmental concerns,
Silent Spring –A book written by Rachel Carson which described the impact of pesticides on birds and other animals, eventually banned DDT.
President creates:Endangered Species ActEPAClean Water Act
Ralph Nader – Focused on automobile safety. As a result of his reports, seat belts became standard.
OSHA– Mandated workplace safety regulations.
Section 4 The Environmental Movement
Environmental Crisis
Rights of Disabled – Special Olympics, right to an education
Love Canal - community in upstate NY, built on a toxic waste dump, caused disease, birth defects.
Pg. 589 ( primary source)
Section 4 The Environmental Movement
Environmental Crisis
3 Mile Island – nuclear reactor malfunction, near Harrisburg, PA, affected new construction of nuclear reactors.