THE POLITICS OF PROTESTS 1960-1980

Conformity

• The belief that the Americans came to value conformity over independence, financial gain over spiritual and social advancement.

• That Americans valued independence over group mentality.

• The idea that Americans developed manners for everyone to follow.

• The following of ancestral character rather than developing individualism.

Rationality

• The state of being agreeable to reason.

• the Hippies were not agreeable to reason, tradition, middle class values.

• A utopia of a freer society, closer to nature.

• a belief that society could be full of love, tolerance, and cooperation.

Love Canal

• housing development in New York state evacuated because of toxic waste.

• stated that no person with a disability can be discrimination against by an entity receiving federal funding.

Camp David Accords

• first African American woman to serve in Congress

• historic peace treaty between Israel and Egypt, brokered by President Carter

Bob Woodward

• Washington Post reporter who helped break the Watergate

• seized and occupied for 70 days by Native American activities

Wounded Knee

• civil rights leader who founded Operation PUSH (People United to Save Humanity)

• seized and occupied for 70 days by Native American activists

Shirley Chisholm

• author who sounded the alarm on the effect of pesticides on birds, fish, and other creatures

• First African American woman to serve in Congress

OPEC

• seized and occupied for 70 days by Native American activists

• cartel that placed an embargo on petroleum to the United States

Rachel Carson

• author who sounded the alarm on the effect of pesticides on birds, fish, and other creatures

• housing development in New York state evacuated because of toxic waste

Jesse Jackson

• civil rights leader who founded PUSH (People United to Save Humanity)

• author who sounded the alarm on the effect of pesticides on birds, fish, and other creatures