73- 80 (Social Change) Flashcards
Wat previous progressed there been for African Americans
-schools were becoming desegregated partially due to busing
-voting rights act in 1965. *
-civil rights act in 1964*
* ended de jure segregation
Why did African Americans still face barriers
-there were still issues and white people were less progressive on this topic
- de facto segregation
-some people like malcolm x wanted more black separations
Which groups had progress
Women
Native Americans
Workers
Gay rights
African americans
Women social progress
The dicpvorce rate went up to 50%
Women in work rose from 43% to 52%
Roe v wade ruled in favour of abortion
Women political progress
ERA not ratified as itdidnt meet thecrtieria
From 79-80 there were no women in the senate
Supreme court Set the precedent for Roe v wade
Women economic progress
The wages of women were 61%of men in 1960
Women in the workplace rose
Native Americans social progress
Had 20 years lower life expectancy due to the conditions they lived in
Started the red power movement and the American Indian movement
Taught urban children their language and culture
Ma y committed suicide due to the harsh conditions they livedjn
Native Americans political progress
The government ignored the 1868 movement and their laws were viewed as inferior tofederal law.
American Indian freedom act 1978
Indian health care 1973
Richard nixon was dubbed the Abraham Lincoln of native Americans with the amount of ,legislation he passed from them
Native American economic progress
Wounded knee reservation had 50% unemployment,
Had poorhousing
Workers social progress
People 5hought unions were left wing so were less likely to join
Jobs were underpaid or temporary so less likely to unionise
Workers political progress
People thought unions were left wing so were less likely to join
Workers economic progress
38million jobs were lost in the 1970s especially in the rustbelt
Jobs were located off the rustbelt and production went to Mexico where it was cheaper
Gay rights social progress
800 gay groups by 1972
Some progress in concentrated pockets of americalike San Francisco
No longer considered a mental illness
Suffered from conservativebacklash
Gay rights political progress
1975 the first openly gay official was elected San Francisco called Harvey milk. He was murdered and the murderer on.y recieved 7 years
African American social progress
Working class white Americans in the north I places like detroit resented the intergration of schools
The life expectancy was less than a white person’s
African American political progress
By 1980 1% of elected officials were African American.some were elected as mayors
In 1971 the supreme court ruled in favour of busing , during nixons presidency. Segregation went from 68% in schools to 8%
Thurgood Marshall on the supreme court
African American economic progress
Growing divide between the black middle class and those living below to poverty line
Thanks to the raising middle class media started to depart from black stereotypes.
Lots of people within cities, where it was predominantly black
Black people learnt Halford white people on average
