US History: Chapter 31 - An Era of Social Change

Fought to improve conditions for farm workers by using peaceful tactics like boycotts and fasts.

Would have guaranteed men & women enjoy same rights & protections under the law.

Conservatives placed the blame for the increasing permissiveness in society on

Helped to propel rock n roll music into mainstream America more than any other.

Gloria Steinem was all of the following except

The conservative reaction to the counterculture

Resulted in the recognition of woman's right to have an abortion in the first three months of pregnancy.

The members of the counteculture movement were mostly

Theory behind the women's movement; belief in equal rights for men and women.

A three day music and art festival held in August of 1969 in New York.

Group that rejected mainstream society made up of mostly white, middle-class college youths.

A "pro family" coalition organized by conservative opponents of the women's movement.

Whose book, The Feminine Mystique, inspired women to question their lives?

Cesar Chavez used nonviolent means to organize Mexican-American

Group most likely to help Latinos win political offices in the 1970s.

Which Harvard professor led idealistic youths to "tune in, turn on, drop out?"

Because of the __ in 1972, all male colleges began to accept women.

The "hippie" movement was largely influenced by the beat movement of the 1970s.

Because of the counterculture, a more conservative attitude emerged in the 1960s and 1970s.

Phyllis Shlafly became well known for her efforts to

Phyllis Schlafly was against women's liberation.

Which group, founded in 1966, helped women pursue their goals; addresses grievances for Civil Rights Act of 1964?

Which of the following is not considered a force that weakened the counterculture movement?

Conservatives believed that the counterculture had achieved an ability for delayed gratification.

Militant Native American rights group that organized uprising to draw attention to needs.

In 1950 one out o five women worked for wages.

The unofficial capital of the counterculture movement was