Growing Protest Movement (Students,Anti-War, Gay Rights, NA) Flashcards
give 5 reasons why there was a growth in student protest
-youth culture growth after baby boom
-media/TV/ role models
-rise in women in education
-civil rights movement
-Cold War/claim to be a superpower
give an example of a student protest group
-SDS / Students for a Democratic Society
how many members did SDS have by the end of the 60s and how / why did membership inc after (3)
-100,000
-grew more prominent after 1964 with sit ins across America
-grew after President Johnson abolished student draft deferments
what did the SDS oppose (2)
-societal powers (in favour of democracy)
-Cold War/ anti-communism
give 4 reasons why Vietnam was opposed
-15,000 US casualties
-cost $25 billion a year
-draft age = 19, old enough to fight/die but not to vote or drink alcohol
-media spread war crimes
give an example of a student protest against Vietnam
-1970 Kent State Uni
-4 students killed
what was the first major events of gay rights
-1969 Stonewall riots
-police raid of gay club in NY where staff were arrested
-riots confronted by riot police
when and where was the first Gay Pride
-1970
-in LA, Chicago and NY on Stonewall anniversary
who was the first openly gay politician
-Harvey Milk
give 2 achievements made by the gay rights movement
-1962 Illinois = first state to legalise homosexuality between consenting adults in private
-1974 American Psychiatric Association ceased viewing homosexuality as a mental illness
what was the first organisation set up to include all NA tribes
-National Congress of American Indians founded 1944
what court case was won by NA and what was the outcome and when
-1972 Passamquaddy v Morton
-NA tribes received damages from US gov for breaking treaty from 1790
what movement for NA was set up in 1969
-American Indian Movement
what gov act was passed for NA and when
-1974; Indian Self Determination Act granting tribes control over federal aid programmes in reservations and control over schools
what event did NA protest and when and where
-Wounded knee protest in Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota
-200 sioux AIM members occupied WK for 71 days
-met with violence
