QUIZ Today

1. QUIZ Today • Look over you notes from last time on Government involvement in the Civil Rights Movement.

2. Civil Rights Day 3 Civil Rights Expands for other Minority and Immigrant Groups.

3. Today’s Objectives • Compare and contrast the goals and objectives of other minority and immigrant groups to those of the Civil Rights Movement led predominantly by African-Americans. • Cite and analyze evidence of the political, economic, and social changes in the United States that expanded democracy for other minority and immigrant groups.

4. Civil Rights movement inspiresother groups to fight for their rights

5. Other groups pushing for their rights during the Civil Rights Era Latin American Farm Workers Women Disabled Americans Native Americans

6. Women’s Rights in the 20th Century 1972 Title IX 1966 NOW founded 1941-45 (WWII) 1919 19th Amendment- Women’s suffrage Women enter manufacturing jobs

7. Women’s Rights Equal Pay Act of 1963 • No Differentials in Wages based on Sex • There should be equal pay for equal work. • This will be a big theme for Betty Friedan and the Women’s Liberation Movement.

8. Women’s Rights during the 1960s and 1970s (the feminist movement) NOW (National Organization for Women) Title IX Women’s groups energized by Civil Rights Act of 1964, which banned discrimination based on skin color Title IX prohibits discrimination based on gender • Founded in 1966 to advocate for women’s rights Most well known impact has been on funding for women’s athletics

9. American Indian Movement American policy on Native Americans during Westward Expansion • Assimilation (government tried to “Americanize” their culture) • Reservations • Indian Wars (fighting between Native tribes and US military) • Killing of the buffalo (Wal-Mart to the Native Americans)

10. Remember…Navajo code talkers • US military uses Navajo code talkers during WWII to speak their own language and prevent Japanese soldiers from intercepting their messages

11. The intentional destruction of the Native American culture leads to the demand for more rights for Native Americans, who now experience problems of high poverty. AIM (American Indian Movement-1968) Through 1970s. In 1973 AIM occupies wounded knee again in a violent protest.

12. Americans with disabilities • Disabled Americans face discrimination in society: • Harder to get jobs • Little accessibility for people with wheelchairs, the blind, or the deaf • Fewer opportunities in athletics

13. Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 • Offers similar rights to disabled Americans as Civil Rights of 1964 did to African Americans • Cannot discriminate in hiring, must provide access to public places (like schools, public buildings, dining, recreation, transportation services)

14. Latino Farm Workers • Latino farm workers in the western states face terrible pay and bad working conditions (long hours, hard labor) • What is the name for a group of workers that gathers together to fight for their collective rights? Union AKA labor union, organized labor

15. Cesar Chavez • Leader of the fight to advocate for Latino workers’ rights • Used union tactics (boycotting, protests, strikes) • Co-founder of United Farm Workers 1962 • Slogan: “Si se puede” (Yes, it is possible)

16. Recap of Objectives • Compare and contrast the goals and objectives of other minority and immigrant groups to those of the Civil Rights Movement led predominantly by African-Americans. • Women: • Native Americans: • Americans with Disabilities: • Latino Farm Workers:

17. Recap of Objectives • Cite and analyze evidence of the political, economic, and social changes in the United States that expanded democracy for other minority and immigrant groups. • Political: • Economic: • Social: