1960's Social Movements

Members of the Counterculture Movement were known as what?

• Hippies
• Beatniks
• Yuppies
• Silent Minority

Most of the student protest movements of the 1960's were about which of the following:

• civil rights for African-Americans

• ending the war in Vietnam

• getting rid of material wealth & living off the land

• ending the Cold War

What grew out of the Boomer generation and challenged mainstream society in the 60's?

• Counterculture

• Lost Generation

• Silent Majority

• Hawks

She was a prominent leader of the 2nd wave feminist movement and founded a magazine titled Ms. to publish feminist beliefs.

• Rachel Carson

• Gloria Steinem

• Phyllis Schlafly

• Dolores Huerta

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972

• prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any federally funded education program

• resulted in increased opportunities for women athletes

• led to expanded scholarship funding for women college students

• all of the above

Which of the following were outcomes of the environmental movement?

• Clean Air and Clean Water Acts

• creation of the Environmental Protection Agency

• passing the Endangered Species Act

• all of the above

Read the descriptions below.

Helped found the United Farm Workers Organized a national boycott of grapes. Used hunger strikes to draw attention to the plight of migrant workers.

Which person do these descriptions best fit?

• Cesar Chavez

• Betty Friedan

• Rodolfo Gonzales

• Gloria Steinum

In California, thousands of migrant grape farmers, led by Cesar Chavez went on _____________.

• Strike
• Protest
• Leave
• Work

What was the significance of Roe v. Wade?

• It protected abortion rights for women.

• It allowed women to be drafted into the military.

• It prohibited gender discrimination in the workplace.

• It brought national attention to violence against women.

What is feminism?

• the belief that women are superior to men

• the idea that women should receive special protection under the law

• the desire for the fair distribution of advantages and disadvantages in society

• the idea that women and men should be socially, politically, and economically equal