1960’s –

Section 1 The Counterculture

What was changing in the U.S. ?

What were people in U.S. protesting ?

Involvement in Vietnam

Civil Rights

Role of women

Music

Racial Discrimination

Read pg. 572

Generation Gap

Lack of understanding between older & younger generation

What was Woodstock ?

Section 1 The Counterculture

Expression of “counterculture” in 1960’s.

Rebelled against custom in :

Dress

Music

Personal Behavior

Young people went “counter”(against) mainstream culture

* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ4QF45Vygw

How did they rebel against custom in:

Dress

Music

Personal Behavior

HIPPIESSection 1 The Counterculture

Members of counterculture who valued

SpontaneityYouth Freedom of Expression

Promoted peace, love, freedom

Experimented with :

new styles of dress,

music,

freer attitudes towards sex

recreational use of drugs

MusicSection 1 The Counterculture

Based on Rock n’ Roll of 50’s, Beatles, Bob Dylan

Art

Andy Warhol – “what was real”

Literature

Tom Wolfe Hunter Thompson

Sexual RevolutionSection 1 The Counterculture

Separation of sex from traditional family life, advocated new living patterns – pre marital sex

Communes - small living communities in which people have common interests, share food, chores, child raising.

“Haight-Ashbury( San Francisco)– many drug related problems

“Turn on” to drugs, “drop out” of mainstream society.

Counterculture Ends – end of 60’s Section 1 The Counterculture

Becoming shallow, self-centered.

Drug related deaths -

Rolling Stones – Altamont Murders- contradicted the values of peace & love that many hippies embraced.

The theory of political, social, economic equality of men & women

Section 2 Feminism

1st. Wave of Feminism – Late 1800’s – 1920 , ended with Women’s right to vote.

Is that possible ?

Section 2 Feminism 2nd Wave of Feminism –

1960’s – 1970’s

Civil Rights movement both inspired women to demand gender ( M,F) equality & taught them ways to get it.

Also brought black/white women together

Section 2 Feminism

Women wanted to redefine how they were viewed. Objected to “housewife stereotype”, some needed to work, others wanted more opportunities

Civil Rights movement both inspired women to demand gender ( M,F) equality & taught them ways to get it.

Also brought black/white women together

Betty Friedan – wrote Feminine Mystique (read pg. 575)Women wanted to redefine how they were viewed.

Women looking for better work, dead end jobs, demanded equal treatment in workplace.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41aneMxC12o

Section 2 Feminism

Civil Rights movement both inspired women to demand gender ( M,F) equality & taught them ways to get it.

Also brought black/white women together

Get ERA Amendment passed – guarantee gender equality under the law.

NOW – Organization dedicated to winning true equality for all, attain full & equal partnership of sexes.

NOW worked w/n political system

Protect reproductive rights esp. right to abortion

Radical Feminists – Miss America Pageant protests

Gloria Steinem – change thru mass media –Read pg. 576

Section 2 Feminism

EFFECTS OF FEMINISIM

Opposition - Phyllis Schlafly –Conservative political activist , worked successfully to defeat ERA, never passed, needed 3 states approval.

• Some say not enough gains

Ban job discrimination based on gender

Roe vs. Wade – right to a legal abortion

Women cannot be denied credit based on gender

Title IX – Sports, equal opportunity

• Some say it has harmed society

Workplace slowly changes Women still earn

less “Pink Collar Ghetto “, “Glass Ceiling”

Feminization of Poverty

Latinos/HispanicsSection 3 Rights Revolution Expands.

Families originated in Spanish-speaking Latin America, come from different countries, share the same language.

Read pg 581 Emerging Communities.

Chicanos – Mexican Americans

BRACERO Program – granted Mexican migrants temporary guest worker status, in over 25 years, more than 4 million entered. Helped with farm work during WWII.

Latino’s press for equal treatment

CAESAR CHAVEZ – Latino activist who fought for migrant farm workers, formed UNFW .

Native AmericansSection 3 Rights Revolution Expands. Demonstrated for change, esp.

self-government securing of land, legal rights,

WOUNDED KNEE (South Dakota)

Site of 1890 massacre of Sioux by U.S. government. Native American activists took over Wounded Knee and

demanded better conditions on Indian reservations. Became violent, several deaths.

Environmental ActivistsSection 4 The Environmental Movement

Earth Day – yearly celebrated in April, calls attention to environmental concerns,

Silent Spring –A book written by Rachel Carson which described the impact of pesticides on birds and other animals, eventually banned DDT.

President creates:Endangered Species ActEPAClean Water Act

Ralph Nader – Focused on automobile safety. As a result of his reports, seat belts became standard.

OSHA– Mandated workplace safety regulations.

Section 4 The Environmental Movement

Environmental Crisis

Rights of Disabled – Special Olympics, right to an education

Love Canal - community in upstate NY, built on a toxic waste dump, caused disease, birth defects.

Pg. 589 ( primary source)

Section 4 The Environmental Movement

Environmental Crisis

3 Mile Island – nuclear reactor malfunction, near Harrisburg, PA, affected new construction of nuclear reactors.