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Unit 4: protest movements Flashcards

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what gave young people the security to fight for greater freedom?

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peace and economic prosperity

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what were the protest movements against

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reaction against conservatism and conformity in 1950s

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who was inspired to fight for emancipation

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women and children

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what led to a new era of progressive politics

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JFKs election in 1960

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which protests were people inspired by

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Paris in 1968

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what did the Baby boom do to cause protests movement

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lot more housewives and teenagers who were desperate to have a fulfilling life and be emancipated

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what paved way for other protests movements

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civil rights movement

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what did the civil rights movement to for the protest movements

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  • encouraged groups to face discrimination
  • encouraged bed ins, be-ins and teach ins from sit-ins
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who took part in civil rights movements including Freedom rides, Freedom summer etc.

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student leaders

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what was main focus of student protests

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opposition of vietnam

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what gave people the incentive to fight against the war

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the draft

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what did vietnam do to the students

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transformed students for a democratic society to a radical group

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how many young people went to college

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40%

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how much did student numbers rise by

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300%

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what did young people say to old ones

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“don’t trust anyone over 30”

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who did young people start supporting

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left wing political ideas , opposing the system

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what were hippies based on

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free love, communal living, pyschedelia and flower power

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what is a famous hippie saying

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make love, not war

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how many people lived in communes

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750,000 people lives in over 10,000 communed by 1970s

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which drug was a key part of hippies

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LSD

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how long was LSD legal for

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until 1966

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which musician was overtly political

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Bob Dylan

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what became the centre of the protest movements

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Haight-Ashbury

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establishment of the Students for a Democratic society

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1960

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who oppposed aggressive cold war policies
SDS
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who opposed 'racial injustice, war and violation of human rights'
Port Huron (1962)
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what did the SNS campaign for
for students to have a greater role in how universities fun
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Berkley Free Speech Movement
1964-5
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what was the berkley free speech movement campaign for
free speech, academic freedom, lifting ban on political activities on campus
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which leaders were banned from the campaign
Leader Mario Savio
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how mant student were arrested in the berkley free speech movement
800
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who sang at berkley free speech
Joan Baez
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what contributed to Reagens election as governor
Berkley free speech movement
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when were the 1st US troops sent to vietnam
1965
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flower power coined by poet Alan Ginsberg
1965
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where was the first teach- in and how many people attended
Michigan 3500 by SDS
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Berkley teach-in
10,000 people attended including Norman Mailer.
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Human be-in
San Francisco 20-30,000 people attended including Berkley radicals
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what caused the Human Be in
Banning of LSD
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what is Timothys learys famous phrase
Turn on, tune in, drop out
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March on Pentagon
100,000 marched on washington had a plan to drop 10,000 flowers over pentagon - wanted to levitate the Pentagon
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Presidential campaign for Bobby Kennedy
1968 triggered by success of anti-war candidate Eugene McCarthy
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Columbia University Protest
1968 (shut down many unis) students went on a strike '10 days of resistance'
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democrat national convention protests
1968 5 day demostrations led by Youth International Party
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who did yipies nominate for president
Pigasus the Pig
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who was arrested at the national convention protest
Chicago 8
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Woodstock festival
500,000 hippies 1969
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which artists perfomed at the woodstock fesitval
Janis Joplin Jimi Hendrix Joan Baez Jefferson Airplane
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establishment of weather underground
1969 Bombed banks and government buildings including Capitol
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kenn state university
1970 4 killed and 9 injured
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what was the main reason to the US withdrawal
opposition to vietnam
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what led to the end of liberal hopes
assassination of Kennedy
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what made jobs seem more important
economic depression
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who died from drug overdoses
Janis Joplin Jimi Hendrix Jim morrinson
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what led to the pessimism of the 1970s
optimism of the 1960s
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what was associated with terrorism
left-wing
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who won the 1968 electrions
Richard nixon
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what happened due to the 1968 election winner
Renewed support for traditional family values
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when did women gain the right to vote
19th amendment 1919
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what were women expected to do
focus on their roles as wives and mothers
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when was the second wave feminism
1960s
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what did second wave feminism emerge with
The Feminine Mystique
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when was NOW founded
1966
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what did NOW do
used court cases and political pressure to gain equality
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what was change mostly caused by
the pill/ abortion rights
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what became widely available in 1960
the pill
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what emerged in late 1960s
womens liberation movement
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what did women do as a symbol of men repression
staged protests and burned bras
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who was one of the criticised radicals
Bobby Friedan
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who gained prominence to the opposition of womens movement
Phyllis Schlafly
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what did feminists argue
the personal is political
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what brought the second wave to an end
conservative backlash to Ronald Regan
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how much did no. of women working during WW2 change
12 to 19 million
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how many women joined the army force
300,000
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what did women do by 1960 regarding employment
made up almost half of the workforce by 1960
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who said women workers were treated unfairly
comission set up by JFK
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how were women at work treated unfaily
- only earned 50-60% of mens wages - top jobs limited - 95% managers were men
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How many women were lawyers
4%
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who was a pioneer for the womens movement
Eleanor Roosevelt
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who was Elanor Roosevelt
Founding chair of the UN comission on Human Rights
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who triggered the second wave feminism in 1963
Betty Friedan
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when was the establishment of presidential commission on the status of women by JFK
1961
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What did Betty Friedan do in the feminine mystique
attacked women's roles as wives and mothers
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equal pay act
1963 womens wages rose from 62% to 80%
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civil rights act
1964 banned discrimination based on sex
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Grisworld vs. Connecticuit
1965
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who was arrested for setting up a birth control clinic and where was it
Grisworld, it was in Connecticut
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NOW
established in 1966 - Started with 28 members - Betty Friedan was first president
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Miss World protests
1968 protests against sexism
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Womens stike for equality
1970 on the 50th anniversary of 19th amendment Betty Friedan orgniased it
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how many people attended the march in new york
50,000
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Roe vs. Wade
1970
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who wanted an abortion which led to Roe vs. wade
Norma McCorvey, given the name Jane Roe
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who led the STOP the ERA campaign
Phyllis Schlafy
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Equal rights amendment passed by congress
1972 needed to be ratified by 38 states
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title IX of the education amendment
1972 banned exclusion from any educational activity based on sex
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Pregnancy discrimination act
1978 prevented firing, not hiring of pregnant woman
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which rights did women gain related to maternity
- gained right to abortion - paid maternity leave
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who earned more degrees than me
women
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which supreme court judge was appointed in 1981
Sandra Day o'connor
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which act was not ratified
equals rights amendment
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who are femisnists opposed by
both men and women for constantly fighting
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what was womens movement blamed for
increasing numbers of divorces and abortions

USA- 1920s upto 1960s (2 decks)

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