INDIVIDUAL + CIVIL RIGHTS
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- INDIVIDUAL + CIVIL RIGHTS
- Roe vs Wade
- 1973 - case overturning laws making abortion illegal
- January 1973 declared state laws banning abortion = unconstitutional
- number of abortions increased dramatically
- 1.7million in 1977
- number of abortions increased dramatically
- political consequence
- catholic church and right to life organisations lobied congress
- tried to pressure them to pass human life amendment
- senator Jesse Helms amended foreign assistance act
- ban federal funds being used for abortion
- Hyde Amendment to health education and welfare department
- outlawed use of federal funds for abortion
- unless mother's life is at great risk
- outlawed use of federal funds for abortion
- pro life groups involved in 1976 election
- opposed pro abortion e.g. senator Frank Church
- catholic church and right to life organisations lobied congress
- social consequence
- Francis Schaeffer and Everit Coop
- 1979 made whatever happened to the human race
- 4 hour film shown to 20 american cities
- 1979 made whatever happened to the human race
- Francis Schaeffer and Everit Coop
- Black Americans
- 1972 affirmative action
- 300,000 firms working on federal contractions
- some federal jobs reserved for black americans
- 300,000 firms working on federal contractions
- by 1980 35-45% of american families achieved middle class life
- 1978 Bakke Case decided by US supreme court
- 5-4 decision Bakke was treated unfairly by California Law School
- those in inner city slums faced unemployment, poverty and poor housing
- black fam incomes declined compared to whites
- from 60% in 1971 to 57% in 1980
- black fam incomes declined compared to whites
- supreme court declared school integration
- 1971 Swann vs Charlotte Mecklenburg board of education
- controversial idea of bussing children across districts
- in order to create full intergration
- resulted in riots e.g. Kansas and Boston
- controversial idea of bussing children across districts
- 1971 Swann vs Charlotte Mecklenburg board of education
- 1972 affirmative action
- Gay Rights
- by 1973 800+ gay and lesbian organisations formed across USA
- more active in local politics
- Miami, Florida and Wichita in Kansas
- activists helped repel laws discriminating against gays
- George Moscone elected mayor of San Francisco 1975
- Edward Koch mayor of NY in 1977
- Harvey Milk city supervisor in San Fran in 1975
- assassinated with Moscone due to sexual orientation
- followed by riots
- assassinated with Moscone due to sexual orientation
- Miami, Florida and Wichita in Kansas
- Native Americans
- 1970 population of 800,00 rose to 1.4m in 1980
- unemployment and poverty
- 1968 AIM set up (American Indian Movement)
- activists captured Alcatraz Prison in San Fran 1969
- 1972 occupied Bureau of Indian Affairs for 6 days
- 1973 major confrontation with law enforcement agencies
- Wounded Knee on Pine Ridge Reservation
- 2 killed and 12 injured
- site of sioux massacre in 1890
- Wounded Knee on Pine Ridge Reservation
- Indian Self Determination Act passed by congress in 1974
- tribes could assume responsibility for federal funded programmes
- run by Bureau of Indian Affairs
- tribes could assume responsibility for federal funded programmes
- 1970 population of 800,00 rose to 1.4m in 1980
- Workers Rights
- foreign competition caused business relocation from Rust to Sun belt
- Rust Belt Midwest and Northeast
- Sun Belt like Florida and Texas had economic growth
- 1975 NY City faced bankruptcy
- as Ford refused federal aid
- hospitals and parks closed, civil servants and teachers lost jobs
- Equal Pay Act and Safety at Work Act 1970 improved pay and conditions
- especially for women
- 1979 3rd biggest car manufacturer Chrysler faced bankruptcy
- Carter provided a bail out
- only after 100'00s had lost jobs
- Carter provided a bail out
- rehabilitation act 1973 for disabled
- equal opportunities for employment within federal government
- foreign competition caused business relocation from Rust to Sun belt
- Women
- equal rights amendment passed in 1972
- failed to gain support of 3/4 of states
- more womens rights groups emerged
- Women's Liberation Front and Redstockings
- advancements in politics
- 1974 Ella Grasso elected governor of Connecticut
- 1975 Military Academies for army at West Point
- and navy at Annapolis and air force in Colorado
- began admitting female cadets
- and navy at Annapolis and air force in Colorado
- increased women in work force
- in 1960 made up 38% increased to 52% by 1980
- equal rights amendment passed in 1972
- Roe vs Wade
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