Protest and Personal Freedom (63-72)

Question 1

Name 3 examples of student protests (60-72)

Answer 1

• ‘68, 1k students at Columbia University protested against their involvement in weapons research, felt it supported Vietnam War
• ‘60 - Students for a Democratic Society was established, called upon students to liberate poor and ethnic minorities
• ‘64, 1k Yale students marched into NYC in protest against the Vietnam War

Question 2

Name 3 examples of the women’s rights progression (60-72)

Answer 2

• ‘66 Betty Freidan formed the National Organisation for Women in protest of discrimination in employment
• 60s Ti-Grace Atkinson set up The Feminists as they believed NOW were not radical enough, comparing marriage to slavery
• Women experienced discrimination in the CRM and student movements - 60s, 33% of SDS members were women, only 6% in leadership

Question 3

Name 3 examples of the gay rights progression (60-72)

Answer 3

• ‘74, American Psychiatric Institute classified homosexuality as a mental illness
• ‘69, Stonewall Riots, fought back against police harassment causing 5 days of rioting
• ‘70, Kate Millet wrote a book ‘Sexual Politics’ criticising traditional families upheld sex-based oppression

Question 4

Name 3 examples of counterculture (60-72)

Answer 4

‘69, Woodstock Festival attended by 400k people, ‘Make Love Not War’, attended by Jimi Hendrix
- Hippie movement had faded by the 70s but they drew attention to liberalisation of attitudes of sex and drugs
- Diggers of San Fransisco sought a revolution and the end of capitalism, organising free music concerts

Question 5

Name 3 examples of the ‘sexual liberation’ movement (50-72)

Answer 5

• ‘60, widespread availability of the contraceptive pill allowed more sexual freedom
• 60s saw more acceptance of casual premarital sex, abortions and homosexuality
• Kinsey Report (50s), 70% males, 50% females had sex before marriage

Question 6

What was the change in counterculture between the 50s and the 60s/70s?

Answer 6

50s
- Associated with teenage delinquency, focused around a car culture
60s/70s
- Anti-war
- Culture of experimental music and art
- Anti-establishment

Question 7

What was the change in women between the 50s and the 60s/70s?

Answer 7

50s
- Stereotype of suburban housewife
60s/70s
- Advances in feminism and equality
- Pill allowed women the freedom that men always had

Question 8

What was the change in homosexuals between the 50s and the 60s/70s?

Answer 8

50s
- Very secretive, hidden community
- Public and government condemnation
60s/70s
- Stonewall Riots caused a united movement to further the cause of gay people
- Homophobia still vert predominant in society

Question 9

What was the change in African Americans between the 50s and the 60s/70s?

Answer 9

50s
- 2nd class citizens
- Organised peaceful protests under MLK
60s/70s
- Black Power advocating for active resistance against the white man
- Popular and proud black figures in the media
- Significant legal advances (Civil Rights Act) banning segregation and discrimination