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Unit 4: protest movements Flashcards

1
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what gave young people the security to fight for greater freedom?

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peace and economic prosperity

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what were the protest movements against

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reaction against conservatism and conformity in 1950s

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3
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who was inspired to fight for emancipation

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women and children

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4
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what led to a new era of progressive politics

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JFKs election in 1960

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5
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which protests were people inspired by

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Paris in 1968

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6
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what did the Baby boom do to cause protests movement

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lot more housewives and teenagers who were desperate to have a fulfilling life and be emancipated

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what paved way for other protests movements

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civil rights movement

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what did the civil rights movement to for the protest movements

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  • encouraged groups to face discrimination
  • encouraged bed ins, be-ins and teach ins from sit-ins
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who took part in civil rights movements including Freedom rides, Freedom summer etc.

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student leaders

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10
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what was main focus of student protests

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opposition of vietnam

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what gave people the incentive to fight against the war

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the draft

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what did vietnam do to the students

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transformed students for a democratic society to a radical group

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13
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how many young people went to college

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40%

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14
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how much did student numbers rise by

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300%

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15
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what did young people say to old ones

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“don’t trust anyone over 30”

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16
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who did young people start supporting

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left wing political ideas , opposing the system

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17
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what were hippies based on

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free love, communal living, pyschedelia and flower power

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18
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what is a famous hippie saying

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make love, not war

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19
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how many people lived in communes

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750,000 people lives in over 10,000 communed by 1970s

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20
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which drug was a key part of hippies

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LSD

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21
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how long was LSD legal for

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until 1966

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22
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which musician was overtly political

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Bob Dylan

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23
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what became the centre of the protest movements

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Haight-Ashbury

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24
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establishment of the Students for a Democratic society

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1960

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25
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who oppposed aggressive cold war policies

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SDS

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who opposed ‘racial injustice, war and violation of human rights’

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Port Huron (1962)

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27
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what did the SNS campaign for

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for students to have a greater role in how universities fun

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28
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Berkley Free Speech Movement

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1964-5

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29
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what was the berkley free speech movement campaign for

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free speech, academic freedom, lifting ban on political activities on campus

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30
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which leaders were banned from the campaign

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Leader Mario Savio

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31
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how mant student were arrested in the berkley free speech movement

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800

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32
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who sang at berkley free speech

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Joan Baez

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33
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what contributed to Reagens election as governor

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Berkley free speech movement

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34
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when were the 1st US troops sent to vietnam

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1965

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35
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flower power coined by poet Alan Ginsberg

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1965

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36
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where was the first teach- in and how many people attended

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Michigan
3500
by SDS

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37
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Berkley teach-in

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10,000 people attended including Norman Mailer.

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38
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Human be-in

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San Francisco
20-30,000 people attended including Berkley radicals

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39
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what caused the Human Be in

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Banning of LSD

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40
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what is Timothys learys famous phrase

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Turn on, tune in, drop out

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41
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March on Pentagon

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100,000 marched on washington
had a plan to drop 10,000 flowers over pentagon
- wanted to levitate the Pentagon

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42
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Presidential campaign for Bobby Kennedy

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1968
triggered by success of anti-war candidate Eugene McCarthy

43
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Columbia University Protest

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1968 (shut down many unis)
students went on a strike
‘10 days of resistance’

44
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democrat national convention protests

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1968
5 day demostrations led by Youth International Party

45
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who did yipies nominate for president

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Pigasus the Pig

46
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who was arrested at the national convention protest

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Chicago 8

47
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Woodstock festival

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500,000 hippies
1969

48
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which artists perfomed at the woodstock fesitval

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Janis Joplin
Jimi Hendrix
Joan Baez
Jefferson Airplane

49
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establishment of weather underground

A

1969
Bombed banks and government buildings including Capitol

50
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kenn state university

A

1970
4 killed and 9 injured

51
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what was the main reason to the US withdrawal

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opposition to vietnam

52
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what led to the end of liberal hopes

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assassination of Kennedy

53
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what made jobs seem more important

A

economic depression

54
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who died from drug overdoses

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Janis Joplin
Jimi Hendrix
Jim morrinson

55
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what led to the pessimism of the 1970s

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optimism of the 1960s

56
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what was associated with terrorism

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left-wing

57
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who won the 1968 electrions

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Richard nixon

58
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what happened due to the 1968 election winner

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Renewed support for traditional family values

59
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when did women gain the right to vote

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19th amendment 1919

60
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what were women expected to do

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focus on their roles as wives and mothers

61
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when was the second wave feminism

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1960s

62
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what did second wave feminism emerge with

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The Feminine Mystique

63
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when was NOW founded

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1966

64
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what did NOW do

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used court cases and political pressure to gain equality

65
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what was change mostly caused by

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the pill/ abortion rights

66
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what became widely available in 1960

A

the pill

67
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what emerged in late 1960s

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womens liberation movement

68
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what did women do as a symbol of men repression

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staged protests and burned bras

69
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who was one of the criticised radicals

A

Bobby Friedan

70
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who gained prominence to the opposition of womens movement

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Phyllis Schlafly

71
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what did feminists argue

A

the personal is political

72
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what brought the second wave to an end

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conservative backlash to Ronald Regan

73
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how much did no. of women working during WW2 change

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12 to 19 million

74
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how many women joined the army force

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300,000

75
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what did women do by 1960 regarding employment

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made up almost half of the workforce by 1960

76
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who said women workers were treated unfairly

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comission set up by JFK

77
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how were women at work treated unfaily

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  • only earned 50-60% of mens wages
  • top jobs limited
  • 95% managers were men
78
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How many women were lawyers

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4%

79
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who was a pioneer for the womens movement

A

Eleanor Roosevelt

80
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who was Elanor Roosevelt

A

Founding chair of the UN comission on Human Rights

81
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who triggered the second wave feminism in 1963

A

Betty Friedan

82
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when was the establishment of presidential commission on the status of women by JFK

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1961

83
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What did Betty Friedan do in the feminine mystique

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attacked women’s roles as wives and mothers

84
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equal pay act

A

1963
womens wages rose from 62% to 80%

85
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civil rights act

A

1964
banned discrimination based on sex

86
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Grisworld vs. Connecticuit

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1965

87
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who was arrested for setting up a birth control clinic and where was it

A

Grisworld, it was in Connecticut

88
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NOW

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established in 1966
- Started with 28 members
- Betty Friedan was first president

89
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Miss World protests

A

1968
protests against sexism

90
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Womens stike for equality

A

1970
on the 50th anniversary of 19th amendment
Betty Friedan orgniased it

91
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how many people attended the march in new york

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50,000

92
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Roe vs. Wade

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1970

92
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who wanted an abortion which led to Roe vs. wade

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Norma McCorvey, given the name Jane Roe

92
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who led the STOP the ERA campaign

A

Phyllis Schlafy

92
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Equal rights amendment passed by congress

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1972
needed to be ratified by 38 states

93
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title IX of the education amendment

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1972
banned exclusion from any educational activity based on sex

94
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Pregnancy discrimination act

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1978
prevented firing, not hiring of pregnant woman

94
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which rights did women gain related to maternity

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  • gained right to abortion
  • paid maternity leave
94
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who earned more degrees than me

A

women

95
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which supreme court judge was appointed in 1981

A

Sandra Day o’connor

95
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which act was not ratified

A

equals rights amendment

96
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who are femisnists opposed by

A

both men and women for constantly fighting

97
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what was womens movement blamed for

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increasing numbers of divorces and abortions

USA- 1920s upto 1960s (2 decks)

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