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4.2 Student Protests Flashcards

1
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How many people went to uni by 1970 (%)

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40%

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2
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what type of people went to uni?

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white, middle calss

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in what decades were students more involdved in politics + social issues?

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1960s+1970s

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4
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What sort of issues did students protest?

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black, gay, womens rights

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5
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What orginisations were student led?

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SNCC + CORE + SDS + BFSM

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What does SDS stand for?

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Students for a Democratic Society

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7
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What was the SDS’s manifesto called + when was it released?

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1962 - Port Huron Satement

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what was the first focus of the SDS?

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better human rights within unis and the say of students in policies in uni

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what sort of protests did the SDS hold?

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sit ins and rallies

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by 1969 how many colleges were involved + members were there?

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150 colleges + 100,000 members

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What does BFSM stand for?

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Berkley Free Speech Movement

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what year was BFSM started? + where?

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1964 in the Uni of Cali at Berkeley

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what ban sparked protests?

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Cali uni restricted freedom of speech and protests due to communist fears

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what were consequences of Cali students ignoring ban?

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Police arrest Weinburg - students block car for 32 hrs
Set up of FSM
Sit in of 6000 students

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What does FSM stand for?

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Free Speech Movement

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16
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what did the FSM aim to do

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win right for students to set up protests

17
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How did FSM win right to protest?

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negotiations + 6000 student sit in

18
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Why was the BFSM set up?

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  1. Students were angry because the university were talking away right to protest + freedom of speech
  2. Students wanted rights because they felt they should have a say in uni policies
19
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Why were the student protests successful?

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  • FSM achieved aims with student rights
  • SDS recived support in unis
20
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why were the student protests faliures?

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  • due to more confrontational attitudes of students, support ofmoderate students was lost
  • FSM nicked ‘Filthy speech movement’
  • Outside of uni, protesters seen as trouble makers
  • too many issues to focus so not all aims were achieved
21
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From what year did Anti war protests unite students?

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1965

22
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How did SDS get involed in anti-war protests?

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SDS publically declared objection - their membership increased

23
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what did Anti-war protests include?

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  • Mass rallies
  • Sit ins + teach ins (lectires against conflict in army recruitment buildings)
  • harrased CIA recruiters + occupied buildings
  • Burning draft cards + teaching others how to avoid the draft
24
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over what years did anti-war protests peak?

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1968-70

25
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in 1968 over how many protests were there against war?

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100

26
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what major event happened in 1969 against the war?

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500,000 marched in washington DC

27
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What significant thing happened at Kent State uni?

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National Guardsmen shot 4 unarmed students during campus protest

28
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over when did the Kent Stare uni issues occur?

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1st-4th May

29
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What were 2 effects of the Kent State uni shootings?

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  • Press in US were horrified
  • 400 colleges close as 2 mil students go on strike
30
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what was the positive impact of the anti-war movement?

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  • LBJ chose not to stand for re-election in 1968 due to this
  • Why Nixon was elected - influenced his policies (vietnamisation)
31
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What was the neative impact of the anti war movement?

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  • likely the US would have withdrawn anyways
  • protestors seen as unpatriotic / communist
  • many people still supported the war + held pro-war rallies
32
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what was the ‘hippy’ way of protesting

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“Dropping out” of society + refusing to live normal social lives

33
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What was the ‘hippy’ lifestyle

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not working / going to school
growing long hair
wear colourful clothes
travelled in vans around country
settled in communes
experimented with sex + drugs

34
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why did hippies wear flowers in their hair + where did the term ‘flower children’ come from?

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symbol of peace
they gave flowers to police

35
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What + when was the highlight of the hippie movement

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woodstock music festival in august 1969

36
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what were the positive impacts of the hippie movement?

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  • hippies influenced youth cultures (unsusual clothing, rock, drugs + sex)
  • Hippie’s ideas of equality, individual race + gender became more accepted
37
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what were the negative impacts of hippies?

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  • hippies were viewed by most as ‘wasters’
  • People believed hippies were corrupting + harming the US
  • hippies had little impact on gov policies

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