1960s and Vietnam

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Main Goals of the Chicano Movement

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Expand workers’ rights, voting rights, educational equality, and land usage.

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Chicano Movement's Impact on Voting Rights

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Aimed to expand voting rights for Mexican Americans.

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Challenges faced by Chicano students in schools

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Chicano students struggle with English, leading to poor academic performance and low graduation rates.

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Goals of MEChA

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MEChA aimed to have Mexican-American history taught in classrooms and to hire more Mexican-American teachers.

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Comparison with the Civil Rights Movement

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The Chicano Movement is less known but equally important as the Civil Rights Movement in the South.

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Lyndon B. Johnson's administration is depicted as prioritizing foreign over domestic spending.

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This reflects a broader trend in U.S. policy during the 1960s.

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Supreme Court decisions in the 1960s aimed to enhance protections for accused individuals.

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These rulings were crucial in advancing civil liberties.

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The Great Society aimed to create a more just and equal society by not cutting the pie into smaller slices.

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The idea was to bake a larger pie so everyone could enjoy their fair share.

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The poverty rate fell by 26% between 1960 and 2010.

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Two-thirds of this decline occurred before 1980.

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The Great Society's initiatives were not limited to economic measures.

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They also included social and cultural programs.