Ch 31 Flashcards
This was a 1966 union that sought higher wages and better working conditions
United Farm Workers Organizing Committee
What did congress do in 1968 fir bilingual school development?
Provide funding
This was a latino political organization founded in 1970
La Raza Unida
This was a militant organization founded in 1968 that saught to protect the rights of natives
American Indian Movement (AIM)
What did AIM lok to do for natives?
Find land, burial grounds, and places with fishing and timber rights for natives
This is a belief that women should be equal to men
Feminism
THis was a book that ignited the contemporary feminism movement that captured the average woman’s discontent
The Feminine Mystique
Who wrote The Feminine Mystique?
Betty Friedan
This organization pursued feminist goals- better child care facilities, better educational opportunities, and ending job discrimination
National Organization for Women
This was a 1973 supreme court decision that says a women can have an abortion in the first 3 months
Roe v. Wade
This was a proposed and failed amendment to the constitution that would have banned government discrimination on the grounds of gender
Equal Rights Amendment
This conservitave believed that the ERA would lead to women being drafted and lead a pro family movement that became the new right
Phyllis Schlafly
This is a resistance to promoting women to top positions
Glas Ceiling
What did the womens’ rights movement accomplish?
Changing the conventional roles of women towards careers and families
This was a youth movement whose members were disillusioned with the war and rejected mainstream society- wanted peace and love
Counterculture
What was hippie culture marked by?
Weird clothes, sexual expression, and illegal drugs
Why did hippies live in communes?
They rejected private property
This was the San Francisco hippie capital that allowed hallucinogenic drugs until 1966
Haight-Ashbury
What did peace and harmony lead to?
Violence, crime, and disillusionment
What did hippies end up falling to?
Drugs and mental breakdowns
This was the upstate NY music fair in 8/1969
Woodstock
What came of counterculturism?
Casual and permissive sexual behavior, and room for conservatives to attack decadent values in the next election
