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consider: How have you tried to establish your own identity, be an individual, as you have gotten older?. essential question: How do we begin to see a rejection of the status quo of conformity emerge in 1960s society?.
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consider:How have you tried to establish your own identity, be an individual, as you have gotten older?
essential question: How do we begin to see a rejection of the status quo of conformity emerge in 1960s society?
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.
Latinos • status quo = mostly agricultural workers that faced discrimination
César Chávez helps unionize farm workers (i.e. United Farm Workers Organizing Committee)
as gains were made, such as Latinos winning elections, protesters became more aggressive over time Jose Angel Gutierrez established La Raza Unida.
Native Americans • status quo = problems (i.e. highest poverty rate in America) • determination to solve problems while maintaining cultural identity
the American Indian Movement (AIM) ushered in more aggressive, youth-led, activism
Women • status quo = housewife • feminism arises in 1960s as many women want to end traditional housewife role and gain social equality
Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique showed women that discontent with their traditional role was common
Friedan helped form the National Organization of Women (NOW) to pursue women’s goals
many changes emerged for women (i.e. Roe v. Wade allows abortion in the first trimester); conservative response in the 1970s
Youth • status quo = conformity
rock n’ roll becomes mainstream, more extreme (i.e. the Beatles)
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
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
Nixon responds to America’s concerns with Environmental Protection Agency and Clean Air Act
accident at Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in 1979 limited confidence in this energy source
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.