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22 Cards in this Set
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Betty Frieden |
Women's rights activist and author of The Feminine Mystique. She was the first president of NOW. |
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Feminism |
The conviction that women and men should he socially, politically, and economically equal. |
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National Organization for Women |
Women's rights organization that fought gender discrimination in the workplace, schools, and justice system. |
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Equal Rights Amendment |
Promised equal treatment for men and women in all spheres |
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Roe v. Wade |
Made banning abortion illegal |
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Termination Policy |
The goal of this was to grant Native Americans the rights and prerogatives pertaining to American citizenship. |
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American Indian Movement |
Originally focused on urban Native Americans. Became a major force behind the Red Power movement. Called for renewal of traditional cultures, economic independence, and better education for Indian children. |
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Clyde Bellecourt |
Founder of American Indian Movement |
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Social justice |
The fair distribution of advantages and disadvantages in society. |
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César Chávez |
Led a strike against the low wages migrant agricultural workers, most of them Latinos, were making for their hard work. |
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Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales |
Founder of the Crusade for Justice, a group that promoted Mexican American nationalism. |
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José Angel Gutierrez |
One of the founders of MAYO. He wanted to achieve economic independence for Mexican Americans, and to gain local control over the education of Hispanic children. He formed La Raza Unido Party. |
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Delores Huerta |
Led the strike with Chavez |
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La Raza Unida Party |
Campaigned for bilingual education, improved public services, education for children of migrant workers, and an end to job discrimination. |
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The Brown Berets |
Militant organization in the Chicano movement. Protected striking students from the police. |
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Young Lords |
A militant boricua organization. They barricaded streets until the city promised more frequent trash pickups in Puerto Rican neighborhoods. |
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Counterculture |
A rebellion of teens and yound adults against mainstream American society. |
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Establishment |
The word hippies used to describe the mainstream. |
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Free Speech Movement |
The goal of this was to be able to say what you feel when yoy feel like it. |
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Flower children |
Hippies who wore flowers in their hair |
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Summer of Love |
The height of the hippie movement |
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Pop art |
Art style that took inspiration from pop culture, including advertising, comic books, and movies. Andy Warhol led this movement. |
