social revolutions of the 1960s. revolution defined 1. an overthrow and thorough replacement of an...
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Social Revolutions Social Revolutions of the 1960sof the 1960s
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Revolution Defined
• 1. An overthrow and thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.
• 2. A radical and pervasive change in society and the social structure, especially one made suddenly and often accompanied by violence.
Background – 1950’s
• World Events– WWII (1941-1945)– Dawn of Nuclear Age– Rise of Communism– Cold War
• Korean War• Vietnam War
Background – 1950’s
• Domestic Events– Economic Boom– Scientific Advances– Consumerism– Baby Boom– Rigid Social Structures
• white suburban middle class• segregated south • traditional gender roles
Slavery
Triangular TradeThe Slave South
Emancipation
Proclamation - 1863
Segregation
Segregation
1877 – 1964
Ku Klux Klan
Civil Rights
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Protesters
Rosa Parks Martin Luther King, Jr.
Radicals
Investigating the Civil Rights Movement
• People– Rosa Parks– Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.– Malcolm X– President Lyndon B. Johnson
• Events– Plessy v. Ferguson– Brown v. Board of Education– Desegregation of Little Rock Central High School– Montgomery Bus Boycott– Greensboro, NC Sit-ins– Freedom Riders– March on Washington– Freedom Summer– Civil Rights Act of 1964– Voting Rights Act of 1965– Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Early Women’s Rights
Protesting for the Right to Vote
Susan B. Anthony
Women’s Rights of the 1960’s
No More “Good Housewife”
Gloria Steinem (top) and Betty Freidan
Investigating the Women’s Rights Movement*
• People– Betty Freidan– Gloria Steinem– Shirley Chisholm
• Events– 19th Amendment– “The Feminine Mystique” by Betty Freidan– National Organization for Women (NOW)– Commission on the Status of Women– Civil Rights Act of 1964– Equal Pay Act– Equal Rights Act (ERA) – Roe v. Wade– Title IX
*AKA: The Feminist Movement, Women’s Liberation Movement
Youth Movement
Abbie Hoffman
Students for a Democratic Society
Hippies?Anti-War Protest
Counter-Culture
Psychedelic Rock
Allen Ginsberg
Woodstock - 1969
Investigating The Youth Movement*
• People– John Lennon– Bob Dylan– Abbie Hoffman– Allen Ginsberg– William S. Burroughs– Timothy Leary– Andy Warhol
• Events– Beat Generation (1950’s)– The Port Huron Statement of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) – Vietnam War (1959-1975)– Military Selective Service Act of 1967 (The Draft)– “Summer of Love” – Haight/Ashbury, San Francisco – 1968 Democratic National Convention– Woodstock Concert – Kent State Massacre
*AKA: The Anti-War Movement, The Protest Movement, The Counter-Culture Movement, The Hippie Movement