Pump-Up

1. What was one element of the American protest against the Vietnam War?

A. Immigration of soldiers from Canada.B. An agreement between “hawks” and “doves.”C. Teach-ins on college campuses.D. Tiananmen Square Massacre.

Protest & Change

Today’s Vocabulary

• Counterculture– The “hippie” movement that rejected traditional values

and stressed love.

• Roe v. Wade– Allows abortion.

• César Chavez– Fought for the rights of Latino Americans.

Rise of the Youth Movement• The New Left– Young people who were

concerned that a small wealthy elite controlled politics and that wealth was unfairly divided.

• Students for a Democratic Society– Called for an end to apathy. – Urged citizens to stop accepting a

country run by big corporations and big gov’t.

– Led the free speech movement.

The Counterculture• Hippies rejected rationality,

order, and traditional middle class values.– They wanted to build a utopia that

was freer, closer to nature, and full of love, empathy, tolerance, and cooperation.

– Newcomers do not understand hippie values but did show the outward signs that defied the movement.

• Many hippies lived together in communes.– San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury

district was the most famous commune.

Impact of the Counterculture

• Fashion– Beads, tie-dye, long dresses, long

hair.

• Music– Woodstock

• Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, and Janis Joplin.

• Hippie movement ends b/c of drug addictions and overdoses, crime, and disease.

The Feminist Movement• After WWII, many still believed that the

woman’s job was to stay at home to raise the children.

• The Equal Pay Act and Title VII outlawed job discrimination based on gender.– Laws not enforced.

• The Feminine Mystique sparked debate about the roles and rights of women.– Expressed that women felt trapped by

domestic life.

• National Organization for Women (NOW)– Fought for expanding women’s rights.

Successes & Failures of the Feminist Movement

• Equal Rights Amendment– Passed by Congress but not ratified

by 3/4ths of the states.– Opponents argued that it would

take some rights away from women and allow them to be drafted into the military.

• Title IX– Bans gender discrimination in

schools.

• Roe v. Wade– Allows abortion.

Women in the Workforce

Median Income, 1970-2000

Latinos Migrate North• As Mexicans arrive in the U.S. they

typically settled in the Southwest and lived in communities known as barrios.

• Repatriation occurred during the Great Depression.– Mexican immigrants were deported

back to Mexico.– Latinos who remain faced prejudice

and job discrimination.

• Puerto Ricans and Cubans began immigrating after WWII.

Growth of Latino Population in the U.S. in Millions

Latinos Organize

• The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) fought discrimination against persons of Latin American ancestry. – Ended segregation of public places

and in schools.

• The American GI Forum was founded to protest the rights of Mexican American veterans who were denied medical services by the Veterans Administration.

Protests and Progress• César Chávez and the United Farm

Workers went on strike to demand increased wages and better benefits.– When employers resisted, Chavez

organized a national boycott of grapes until employers finally agreed to raise wages and improve working conditions.

• LA Raza Unida promoted Latino causes and candidates.

• Bilingual Education Act– Directed schools to set up classes for

immigrants in their own language while they were learning English.

Classwork• Today you will read statistics about the U.S. Latino

farm worker population. • Then you will read possible immigration reforms

and decide why this bill would be a positive or negative move for the Latino population.

• Finally you will write your own bill attempting to reform immigration legislation to prevent illegal immigrants from coming into the U.S. but to allow immigrants to have a safe and fair citizenship process. After you have written your bill, we will have a class vote to see who’s bill is passed and become our new class law.