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Chapter Introduction

Section 1:Students and the Counterculture

Section 2:The Feminist Movement

Section 3:Latino Americans Organize

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Chapter Intro 1

Students and the Counterculture

How did students and the counterculture want to change society?

Section 1

The Counterculture

Counterculture youths tried to create an alternative to mainstream culture.

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• Young Americans who rejected the system entirely and tried to create a new lifestyle created what became known as the counterculture and were commonly called “hippies.”

• Many hippies wanted to live together in communes.

• A famous hippie destination was San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district.

The Counterculture (cont.)

Section 1

• Although the counterculture declined without achieving its utopian ideals, it did change some aspects of American culture, such as fashion and music.

• Counterculture musicians made use of folk music and the rhythms of rock ’n’ roll and wrote heartfelt lyrics that expressed the hopes and fears of their generation.

• People gathered to listen to music at festivals such as Woodstock.

The Counterculture (cont.)

Section 1

The Rise of the Youth Movement

The youth protest movement of the 1960s included Students for a Democratic Society and the Free Speech Movement.

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• On college campuses across the nation, youth protest movements began and reached their peak.

• Youth who thought that the small, wealthy elite controlled politics formed what came to be known as the New Left.

• Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) defined its views in a 1962 declaration known as the Port Huron Statement, written largely by Tom Hayden.

The Rise of the Youth Movement (cont.)

Chapter Intro 2

The Feminist Movement

What were the goals of the feminist movement that began in the 1960s?

Section 2

A Renewed Women’s Movement

Women in the 1960s and 1970s began creating organizations to change society through education and legislative action.

Section 2

• Feminism had been a weak and often embattled force since the adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment guaranteeing women’s voting rights in 1920.

• By the early 1960s, many women were increasingly resentful of a world where newspaper ads separated jobs by gender, banks denied them credit, and they were often paid less for the same work.

A Renewed Women’s Movement (cont.)

Section 2

• Betty Friedan tried to describe the reasons for the discontent of homemakers in her book The Feminine Mystique.

• Congress gave the women’s movement another boost by including them in the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

A Renewed Women’s Movement (cont.)

Section 2

• Friedan and other women set out to form the National Organization for Women (NOW).

• By July 1972, the movement had its own magazine, Ms., with Gloria Steinem as its editor.

A Renewed Women’s Movement (cont.)

Section 2

Successes and Failures

The women’s movement made gains for women in education and employment but has not achieved complete equality for women.

Section 2

• The women’s movement seemed to be off to a strong start when Congress passed the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in March 1972.

• However, it was met with strong opposition by people who felt it would deny women of their traditional gender base rights; (i.e. not subject to draft)

• The Amendment failed to get required number of states in time to meet the 1982 deadline.

Successes and Failures (cont.)

Section 2

• One major achievement of the movement came in the area of education.

• In 1972 Congress passed a law known collectively as the Educational Amendments.

• Title IX prohibits federally funded schools from discriminating against women in nearly all aspects of their operations.

Successes and Failures (cont.)

Section 2

• One of the most important goals for many women activists was the repeal of laws against abortion.

• The big change came with the 1973 Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade.

• The Supreme Court modified Roe v. Wade in the 1992 case Planned Parenthood v. Casey.

Successes and Failures (cont.)

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Vocab1

counterculture 

a culture with values and beliefs different from those of the mainstream

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hippies 

refers to young Americans, especially during the 1960s, who reject the conventions of established society

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commune 

a group living arrangement in which members share everything and work together

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conformity 

agreement in form, manner, or character

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feminism 

the belief that men and women should be equal politically, economically, and socially

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