Essential Question

What were the other major events of the 1960s?

Ending the 1960s

1968 Democratic Convention

• Johnson not running for re-election

• Robert Kennedy assassinated

1968 Democratic Convention

• Protestors filled the streets and became violent

• The Chicago 7 – protestors arrested and placed on trial

1968 Election

United Farm Workers

• Founded by Cesar Chavez

• Rights of migrant farm workers

• Non-violent protests, hunger strikes

Women’s Movement

• Betty Friedan

• Wrote The Feminine Mystique

• The idea of women being fulfilled as homemakers is a myth

National Organization of Women

• NOW

• Pushed for equality between men and women

• “Women’s Lib”

Environmentalist Movement

• Began in the 1960s

• Concerned with preserving the earth’s resources

Rachel Carson

• Wrote Silent Spring

• Use of pesticides was destroying the environment

• Led to the banning of DDT

Earth Day

• Began in April 1970

• Encourage concern for the environment

Environmental Protection Agency

• Established by Richard Nixon

• Laws for a safe and clean environment

An Inconvenient Truth

• Documentary by Al Gore

• Global warming is man-made and will have catastrophic consequences

Rise of Conservatism

• Government has too much control

• Taxes should be limited

• Distrusted social movements

Barry Goldwater

• Ran for president in 1964

• Believed in states rights and fewer government interventions

• Ran as a Republican