Chapter 23- An Era of Social Change Flashcards
What was the American Indian Movement? (AIM)
a often militant Native Americans right organization
Who was César Chávez?
a Mexican-American farm worker, who was trying to organize a union for California’s mostly Spanish speaking farm workers
What was feminism?
the belief that women should have economic, political and social equality with men.
What was the Equal Rights Amendment?
a proposed and failed amendment to the U.S. constitution that would have prohibited any government discrimination on the basis of sex
What was the counterculture?
the culture of the young people who rejected mainstream American society in the 1960’s, seeking to create an alternative society based on peace, love and individual freedom
What is Haight-Ashbury?
a San Francisco district that became the “capital” of hippie counterculture during the 1960’s
what was Woodstock?
a free music festival that attracted more than 400,000 young people to a farm in upstate New York in August 1969
what was the Roe v Wade case?
it made it legal for a woman to choose abortion within the first three months of her pregnancy
