Objective 11.03

Identify major social movements including, but not limited to, those involving women, young people, and the environment, and

evaluate the impact of these movements in the United States’ society.

Women’s Liberation Movement

• Feminism, movement to end the discrimination of women, equal rights for women in the workplace/ burned their bras

National Organization for Women

• NOW, National group to organize and promote the goals of the women’s movement

Gloria Steinem

• Author and founder of Ms. Magazine and founder of the National Women’s Political Caucus

Phyllis Schafly

• Conservative opponent of the Equal Rights Amendment/ said that she found her self-worth in being a wife and a mother

The Feminine Mystique

• Book written by Betty Friedan/ women’s self worth is determined by the pursuit of her own goals, career, etc.

Equal Rights Amendment

• Proposed Amendment to the Constitution that was approved by congress but not the states, attempt to add to the Constitution the goal of equal rights between men and women

Roe v. Wade 1973

• 1973 Court Case that legalized Abortion in the US.

British Invasion- Beatles

• British culture and music arrives in the US with the Beatles

Elvis Presley

• Became known as the King of Rock and Roll

Haight-Ashbury• Village in San Francisco/

known as the hippie capital of the world

Woodstock

• Gathering of thousands on a farm in New York for a music festival.

Cesar Chavez

• Leader and advocate of Latino Rights especially farm workers

American Indian Movement

• Militant Native American Rights Organization

Clean Air/ Clean Water Act

• Were part of President Carter’s efforts to clean up the environment

Environmental Protection Agency• Set up to regulate

the pollutants that are released into the atmosphere