1960 s1980 Changes in American Society 1960 s

1960 s--1980 Changes in American Society

1960 s • A decade of Turmoil and Conflict

Causes of conflict • Public dissatisfaction with governmental policies • Minority frustration with slow economic and social change • New attitudes towards traditional values and actions • A rise in idealism matched by feelings of hopelessness

Tactics of Protests • Nonviolent (civil disobedience) – Sit-ins, boycotts, picket lines, bra burnings, publicity marches, demonstrations, burning of draft cards, hippie and flower child movements, new religious cults and communes, emergence of “counterculture”…. drugs, sex, rock and roll, etc…. • Violent – Riots, assassinations, kidnappings, destruction of property

Effects • • Divided society Mistrust of government “generation gap” Family changes – Divorce rates up, trial marriages, cohabitation • More movements on heals of Civil Rights Movement – UFW, NOW, AIM, Gay rights

Major People involved Civil Rights Movement • Martin Luther King, Jr • Malcolm X

Civil Rights Movement • Stokely Carmichael • Black Power

Civil Rights Movement • Black Panther Party • Elijah Mohammed

Bakke Decision

NOW l Betty Friedan

United Farm Workers l Cesar Chavez

Environmental Movement l Rachel Carson l “Silent Spring”

Counterculture l SDS (Students for Democratic Society) l Tom Hayden l Conscientious Objectors

50 s into the 60 s

The HIPPIES l Hip…. . on the cutting edge, groovy, cool, etc…. .