1. Anti-Vietnam (Anti-War)

a.a. My Lai My Lai MassacreMassacre

i. 350 unarmed civilians (women, children, elderly) slaughtered

ii. Helicopter pilot Hugh Thompson orders his men to fire upon aggressive Americans

b. Chemical Warfare: kill trees to expose VietCong

i.i. Agent OrangeAgent Orange = pesticide that causes long term health problems

ii.ii. NapalmNapalm = Flammable Jelly – intended to stick and burn… sears off flesh

c. Kent StateKent Statei. Students protest

US invasion of Cambodia.

ii. broke windows downtown… burned ROTC building… throw rocks at National Guardsmen

iii. Shots fired… 4 dead, 9 wounded

Ohio by Crosby, Stills, and Nash

Woodstock

“Make Love, Not War”

ReminderStart at 0:30

Mute 2:06-2:12

“Hey Hey!LBJ, How

many kids have you

killed today”

2. Feminism2. Feminism

a.a. NOW (National NOW (National Organization of Organization of Women)Women) – – goals: goals:

i.i. end sex end sex discrimination in discrimination in education and education and workplaceworkplace

ii.ii. maternity leave for maternity leave for working mothersworking mothers

iii.iii. gov’t funded day gov’t funded day carescares

b. The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan: explains discontent among middle class women

c. Roe v Wade: Supreme Court Case legalizes abortion

Can I stop smiling, my face hurts

As she made the beds, shopped for groceries, matched slip cover material, ate peanut butter sandwiches with her children, chauffeured Cub Scouts and Brownies, lay beside her husband at night – she was afraid to ask even of

herself the silent question – “Is this all?”

a. “Silent Spring” by Rachel Carson – book about how DDT pesticides harm the environment as well as people

b. Earth Day – April 22, devoted to environmental concerns

c. EPA – Environmental Protection Agency … gov’t agency to address environment problems

3. Environmentalism

Cuyahoga River Fire

3. War on Poverty

a. Great Society – LBJ’s goal to improve social welfare

i. Medicare – basic healthcare for the aged

ii. Medicaid – healthcare for the poor

b. Reagonomics – tax cuts for the wealthy in hopes to improve the economy … the rich will invest their $$$.

5. Labor Movement5. Labor Movement

a. Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Worker’s Union

i. sought to improve conditions of migrant workers

ii. Organized nation wide boycott of CA grapes