Chapter 31

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Cesar Chavez

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a Mexican-American farm worker, was trying to organize a union for California’s mostly Spanish-speaking farm workers.

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Braceros

Back 2

or temporary laborers, during the 1940s and 1950s.

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Barrio

Back 3

Spanish-speaking neighborhoods.

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Dolores Huerta

Back 4

established the National Farm Workers Association.

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United Farm Workers Organizing Committee

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a labor union formed in 1966 to seek higher wages and better working conditions for Mexican-American farm workers in California.

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Edward Roybal

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, the Mexican American Political Association (MAPA) helped elect Los Angeles politician to the House of Representatives.

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Joseph Montoya

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one Hispanic senator was elected of New Mexico.

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Jose Angel Gutierrez

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sought to create an independent Latino political movement.

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La Raza Unida

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Latino political organization founded in 1970 by José Angel Gutiérrez.

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Reies Tijerina

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founded the Alianza Federal de Mercedes (Federal Alliance of Land Grants) to help reclaim U. S. land taken from Mexican landholders in the 19th century.

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American Indian Movement

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a frequently militant organization that was formed in 1968 to work for Native American Rights.

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Russell Means

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organized the “Trail of Broken Treaties”march in Washington, D. C., to protest the U. S. government’s treaty violations throughout history.

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Betty Friedan

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had a loving husband, healthy children, and a house in the suburbs.the experts doctors, psychologists, and women’s magazines that was all a woman needed to be fulfilled.

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Feminism

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the belief that women should have economic, political, and social equality with men.

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The Feminine Mystique

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which captured the very discontent that many women were feeling, quickly became a best-seller and helped to galvanize women across the country.

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National Organization for Women

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an organization founded in 1966 to pursue feminist goals, such as better childcare facilities, improved educational opportunities, and an end to job discrimination.

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Gloria Steinem

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a journalist, political activist, and ardent supporter of the women’s liberation movement, made her voice heard on the subjects of feminism and equality.

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Roe v. Wade

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that women do have the right to choose an abortion during the first three months of pregnancy.

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Equal Rights Amendment

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a proposed and failed amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would have prohibited any government discrimination on the basis of sex.

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Phyllis Schlafly

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along with conservative religious groups, political organizations, and many anti-feminists, felt that the ERA would lead to “a parade of horribles,”such as the drafting of women, the end of laws protecting homemakers, the end of a husband’s responsibility to provide for his family, and same-sex marriages.

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Counterculture

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the culture of the young people who rejected mainstream American society in the 1960s, seeking to create an alternative society based on peace, love, and individual freedom.

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Haight-Ashbury

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a San Francisco district that became the “capital” of the hippie counterculture during the 1960s.

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Andy Warhol

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Pop artists, led by, attempted to bring art into the mainstream. Pop art was characterized by bright, simple, commercial-looking images often depicting everyday life.

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The Beatles

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a British band that had an enormous influence on popular music in the 1960s.

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Woodstock

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a free music festival that attracted more than 400,000 young people to a farm in upstate New York in August 1969.