Chapter 30An Era of Protest and Change

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The Counter CultureSection 1

• OBJ: Describe the rise of the counterculture

• List the major characteristics of the counterculture

• Evaluate the impact of the counter culture on American values and society

Counterculture rises

• Don’t trust anyone over 30• Hippies- valued youth, spontaneity and

freedom of expression. • Peace, love, freedom

• Generation gap??• Why was this generation such a force?

Defining the Counterculture

• Drugs, sex, and rock and roll• The Beatles- visited in 1964 on Ed Sullivan

show• Took nation by storm• Many songs used as protest songs

• Sexual Revolution- rejected old views on sex and sexuality

• Communes- small communities of common interest and shared resources

• Premarital sex??

Haight-Ashbury

• Hippie district in San Francisco• Drug use was deemed acceptable• Different clothing

• Many began considering different religions- Buddhism and Islam

Counterculture ends

• By 1980’s, counterculture lost popularity• Drug use and sex led to overdoses and STD’s• Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin?

• Social experiments ended and most hippies joined mainstream America once again.

Section 2The Women’s Right Movement

• Obj: • Analyze how a movement for women’s rights

arose in the 1960’s• Explain the goals and tactics of the women’s

movement• Assess the impact of the women’s movement

on American Society

A Women’s Movement Arises

• Feminism- theory of political, social, and economic equality

• Movement started in 1840’s- DOS at Seneca Falls Convention

• Right to vote in 1920• Several Factors led to revival of movement

Redefine Roles

• Sex and Caste- tired of being looked at as second class citizens that were expected to fill certain role

• Tired of “house wife” stereotype • Betty Friedan- Feminine Mystique

Better Work

• Suppose to fill certain, dead end jobs– Example??

• Sandra Day O’Connor

Women’s Organizations

• NOW??? – Goal- true equality for women– Break down barriers of the workplace– ERA??– Reproductive rights??

– Protest- Miss America Pageant

Opposition

• Phyllis Schlafly- assault on the American family Without traditional roles, American society would fall apart

Lasting Effects

• Women’s opportunities expanded• Gained legal rights• Title VII- outlawed discrimination based on Sex– Why was it added

• EEOC?• Title IX- Higher Education Act made

discrimination in education illegal • Equal Credit Opportunity Act?? • http://video.pbs.org/video/2336932877/

• Roe V. Wade- women the legal right to abortion

• Women in the workforce has risen • Married women working has risen• Women salary has risen

• Still earn less• Glass ceiling? • Feminization of Poverty?

Section 3The Rights Revolution Expanded

• Obj: Explain how the Latino population grew after WWII

• Analyze the Latino and Native American rights movement of the 1960’s and 1970’s

• Describe the expansion of rights for consumers and the disabled.

The Latino Population Grows

• Latin American population on the rise while jobs were not

• America was in need of cheap labor

• Latinos and Hispanics come in large numbers• Mexican American known as Chicanos largest

group

Farm labor

• Bracero Program- granted temporary guest worker status

• Many illegals and legal immigrants stayed

• After WWII more Latino countries like Cuba and Dominican Republic would rise

Pressing for Equal Rights

• Most faced discrimination– Pay, working conditions, education

• Cesar Chavez– Attempted to unite migrant farmworkers to

unionize and demand better conditions– UFW??– Strikes and boycotts

• California passed laws allowing collective bargaining with UFW

Chicano Movement

• Larger movement for Mexican American pride• Demanded their history and culture be taught • Also gain political strength • By 1980- six Hispanics sat in congress

Native American Movement

• Native Americans organize to fight for rights• AIM??– Dennis Banks and George Mitchell

• Alcatraz? – Said land belong to them. Why?

• Siege of Wounded Knee?• Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee?

Progress

• The Indian Self Determination Act- granted tribes greater control over their resources

• Lawsuits to regain water and land use rights

Asian Americans

• Japanese American Citizens League- formed to fight discrimination against Asian Americans

• Fought for lost property taken during WWII

Consumers and Disabled

• Ralph Nader and Unsafe at Any Speed• National traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act

in 1966• OSHA??

• Because of disabled vets from Vietnam, handicap accessibility became a much larger issue.

The Environmental MovementSection 4

• Obj: assess the causes and effects of the environmental movement

• Analyze why environmental protection became a controversial issue

Environmental Activist Speak Out

• Industrialization taking a toll– London 1952??

• Toxic Waste• Acid Rain• Silent Spring- written by Rachel Carson-

about?• DDT?• Cuyahoga River in 1969??

Inaugurating Earth Day

• Earth Day created to bring attention of environmental issues to Congress

• April 22 1970 was first• Sierra Club?• Wilderness Society?

• These groups and event got people’s attention

Action

• Nixon took up Issue• Environmental Protection Agency-1970• Clean Air Act- 1970• Clean Water Act- 1973• Endangered Species Act- 1973

• Ford also created Nuclear Regulatory Commission- purpose?

Setbacks

• Love Canal?• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrWtd1P-NoU

• 3 mile island??• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Qwg4oERhvw

• Environmental regulation drew opposition- conservative groups said stripped individual of their property rights– Hurt the economy