1960-1980 The Politics of Protest

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1960-1980 The Politics of Protest Section 1: The Student Movement and the Counterculture The Growth of the Youth Movement The Roots of the Movement Students for a Democratic Society Port Huron Statement Tom Hayden The Free Speech Movement Mario Savio The Counterculture Hippie Culture communes Haight-Ashbury District New Religious Movements Unification Church Hare Krishna

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1960-1980 The Politics of ProtestSection 1: The Student Movement and the Counterculture

The Growth of the Youth Movement

The Roots of the Movement

Students for a Democratic Society

Port Huron Statement

Tom Hayden

The Free Speech Movement

Mario Savio

The Counterculture

Hippie Culture

communes

Haight-Ashbury District

New Religious Movements

Unification Church

Hare Krishna

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The Counterculture Declines

Impact of the Counterculture

Fashion

Art

pop art

Andy Warhol

Music and Dance

Beatles

Bob Dylan

Jimi Hendrix

Woodstock

Section 2: The Feminist Movement

A Weakened Women’s Movement

feminism

The Women’s Movement Reawakens

Fighting for Workplace Rights

President’s Commission on the Status of Women

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Equal Pay Act

Title VII

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

The Feminine Mystique, Betty Friedan (1963)

The Time is NOW

National Organization for Women

Successes and Failures

Striving for Equality in Education

Roe v. Wade

The Equal Rights Amendment

Phyllis Schlafly organized the Stop-ERA campaign

The Impact of the Women’s Movement

Section 3: New Approaches to Civil Rights

Fighting for Greater Opportunity

Affirmative Action

Maynard Jackson

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Challenges to Affirmative Action

Allan Bakke

Equal Access to Education

busing

Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education

New Political Leaders

Jesse Jackson

Congressional Black Caucus

Hispanic Americans Organize

Cesar Chavez and the UFW

Growing Political Activism

La Raza Unida (the United People)

bilingualism

Bilingual Education Act (1968)

Native Americans Raise Their Voices

A Protest Movement Emerges

Declaration of Indian Purpose

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American Indian Movement

Native Americans Make Notable Gains

Section 4: Saving the Earth

The Beginnings of Environmentalism

Rachel Carson, Silent Spring

The Environmental Movement Blossoms

A Grassroots Effort Begins

Earth Day

The Government Steps In

Environmental Protection Agency (1970)

Clean Air Act (1970)

Clean Water Act (1972)

Endangered Species Act (1973)

Love Canal

Lois Gibbs

Concerns Over Nuclear Energy

fossil fuels

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Three Mile Island

The Consumer Movement

Ralph Nader, Unsafe at Any Speed

National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act (1966)