Transcript Chapter 17

CHAPTER 20 – OTHER SOCIAL
MOVEMENTS
CHAPTER 20
Section 1
The Women’s Movement
BELL RINGER (ON NOTES)
With a partner, list 5
words that come to
mind when you see the
words feminist and
women’s libber.
Now rank those words
from positive to
negative.
FEMINISM
Theory
favoring the
political, economic, and
social equality of men
and women.
NATIONAL ORGANIZATION
FOR WOMEN (NOW)
Organization
formed
in 1966 to promote full
participation of women
in American society.
ROE V. WADE
1973
Supreme
Court
decision that
legalized
abortion.
EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT
Proposed
constitutional
amendment to
prohibit
discrimination on
account of sex. It
was never
ratified and
therefore did not
become law.
MAIN IDEA
Encouraged by the gains of
the civil rights movement,
a women’s movement
arose in an effort to end
discrimination based on
gender.
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of
1964, had a major impact on the
Women’s Rights Movement.
Although it was added in order to
make the bill fail in Congress, it
actually became an impactful
part of the legislation as it
relates to women.
BETTY FRIEDAN AND THE FEMININE MYSTIQUE
Written
in 1963
It described “the problem that had
no name”, meaning that it was
society that determined a woman’s
value and not herself.
The Women’s Movement
An
(4:48 minutes)
Overview
CHAPTER 20
Section 2
Ethnic Minorities Seek Equality
DISCUSSION QUESTION
 Why
do you think people become so
upset or have such strong feelings
about immigrants?
 Why do you think people would want
to risk their lives to immigrate to the
United States?
 What is your opinion on how
immigrants are treated?
LATINO
Person
whose family
origins are in Spanishspeaking Latin
America.
MIGRANT FARM WORKER
Workers
who move from
farm to farm planting and
harvesting various crops.
UNITED FARM WORKERS
(UFW)
Union
organized by
Cesar Chavez to
organize Mexican field
hands in the West.
JAPANESE AMERICAN CITIZENS
LEAGUE (JACL)
Organization
of
Japanese Americans
working to promote the
rights of Asian
Americans.
MAIN IDEA
Inspired by the civil rights
movement, Latinos and
Asian Americans
launched their own
movements to overcome
discrimination.
Migrant Farm Workers
Cesar
(1:58 minutes)
Chavez
CHAPTER 20
Section 3
Native American Struggles
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
 How
have Native Americans been
treated throughout American
history?
 What was the consequence of the
“finding” of America?
 Is it right to place so much emphasis
on Columbus Day?
AMERICAN INDIAN MOVEMENT
(AIM)
Organization
formed in 1968
to help Native
Americans.
AUTONOMY
Self-government
respect to local
matters.
with
MAIN IDEA
Native Americans
in the late 1960s
also took their cue
from the civil
rights movement
to work to
improve their
living conditions.
Native
American
Struggles
(7:00 minutes)
CHAPTER 20
Section 4
The Environmental Movement
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
 Have
you ever thought about how we
treat the Earth?
 What types of problems do you “see”?
 What should the role of government
be in changing environmental policy?
 Why are changes needed? Do you
believe that we should care about the
environment? Why or why not?
NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION (NRC)
Government
organization formed in
1974 to oversee the
civilian uses of nuclear
materials.
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Government
organization formed
in 1970 to deal with
issues such as air and
water pollution.
CLEAN AIR ACT
Law passed in
1970 that aimed
to control
pollution caused
by industrial
and auto
emissions.
CLEAN WATER ACT
Law
passed in 1972 that
aimed to control pollution
caused by the discharge of
industrial and municipal
wastewater.
MAIN IDEA
The mood of protest in
the 1960s energized
movements to
preserve the
environment and to
ensure the safety of
consumer products.
The
Environmental
Movement
(4:15 minutes)
The
Corvair
(1:00 minute)
Unsafe at Any Speed!
Ralph
(2:42 minutes)
Nader