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Title: In what ways do you feel that the older generation and the


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considerHow have you tried to establish your
own identity, be an individual, as you have
gotten older?
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essential question How do we begin to see a
rejection of the status quo of conformity emerge
in 1960s society?
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In general, there is an increasingly aggressive
conflict between those that like the status quo
and those that want to challenge the old way of
doing things.
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Latinos
  • status quo mostly agricultural workers that
    faced discrimination

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  • César Chávez helps unionize farm workers (i.e.
    United Farm Workers Organizing Committee)

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  • as gains were made, such as Latinos winning
    elections, protesters became more aggressive over
    time

Jose Angel Gutierrez established La Raza Unida.
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Native Americans
  • status quo problems (i.e. highest poverty rate
    in America)
  • determination to solve problems while maintaining
    cultural identity

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  • the American Indian Movement (AIM) ushered in
    more aggressive, youth-led, activism

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Women
  • status quo housewife
  • feminism arises in 1960s as many women want to
    end traditional housewife role and gain social
    equality

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  • Betty Friedans The Feminine Mystique showed
    women that discontent with their traditional role
    was common

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  • Friedan helped form the National Organization of
    Women (NOW) to pursue womens goals

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  • many changes emerged for women (i.e. Roe v. Wade
    allows abortion in the first trimester)
    conservative response in the 1970s

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Youth
  • status quo conformity

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  • rock n roll becomes mainstream, more extreme
    (i.e. the Beatles)

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  • counterculture rejects 50s conformity due to
    disillusionment from injustices of 60s
  • youth instead trying to establish new society
    based on peace and love

Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters on Further
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  • increased permissiveness met with conservative
    backlash

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Environmentalism
  • status quo industrial economy with many
    pollutants
  • began largely with social activism of 1960s
    focusing on energy crisis of early 1970s

a common scene during the Arab oil embargo of 1973
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  • Nixon responds to Americas concerns with
    Environmental Protection Agency and Clean Air Act

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  • accident at Three Mile Island nuclear power plant
    in 1979 limited confidence in this energy source

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Buttons were an increasingly common accessory in
the 1960s and 70s. Use the space below to design
a couple buttons about the movements of the 1960s
and 70s.
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