American History- Key Topic 2- Part 3

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What were the Student for Democratic society?
Student for Democratic society gained national attention with its anti Vietnam war demonstration in DC where 2,500 marched
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What were the national Mobalization to end war?
National Mobilization to end the war organised a demonstration in Washington, 100,000 attended the march chanting “hell no, we wont go”, thousands of marches tried to close down the Oakland draft headquarters but 2,000 police attacked them with clubs
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What was the student peace union?
Student Peace union was established in 1959 and in 1961 they staged a protest outside of the Whitehouse against the testing of Nuclear weapons
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What did Mario Sarro do in 1964?
Mario Sarro wanted to raise money for SNCC but wasn't allowed to- thousands marched for their right of free speech, they occupied administration building leading to 800 arrests,1965 when students were arrested for displaying the word "****"
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What was the "Gym Crow" in 1968?
University planned to construct a gym in a public park, public could access it through back entrance, this was scene as segregation (Gym Crow), 11,000 students seized 5 buildings, the police used clubs and made 692 arrests,university shut down
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what was the summer of love and human be-in?
1967= Human Be-in= thousands of young people met up to celebrate personal freedom,1967= “summer of love”= Times magazine estimated that 300,000 hippies attended
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What was the woodstock festival?
in new york in 1969 and 400,000 people attended, slogan was “make love not war an attendee said “everyone swan nude in the lake, having sex was easier than having breakfast”-Hendrix did a performance of the anthem-feedback sounded like bombs
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Who were the Diggers?
wanted social revolution and the end of capitalism, December 1966= they paraded a coffin through SF with a sign saying “The Death of money” they also proclaimed the death of the hippie in 1967
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What was women like in 1963?
most worked in low paid jobs, educated women chose “female occupations”, employers are sexist as in the 60's an airline fired stewardesses who were married or over 32,Women made up 80% of teachers, 10% of principles, 7% of doctors and 3% of lawyers
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Who was Jo Freeman?
she wrote the newsletter “voice of women's liberation movement” which encouraged the national formation of women liberation groups
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What did 1960 and 1974 polls show about women?
1960= polls showed that ¼ of women felt dissatisfied 1974= 2/3rd of women
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Who was Ti-Grace atkinson?
was a member of NOW in 1968 but felt it wasn't radical enough so set up the feminists of NYC and she opposed marriage and ***********
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What happened in the 1968 Miss America Paegent?
1968= 100 women disrupted the Miss American pageant swim suit parade with a stink bomb and crowned a ship “miss America” they said “Atlantic city is a town without cl***, they raise your morals and they judge your ***”
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Who was Betty Friedman?
In 1963 she wrote “Feminine Mystique” which showed that women's life's are like “living in comfortable concentration camps” she urged people to break out of these camps with education and work
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What was now?
1965= Betty Friedman and others formed NOW as they were unhappy that Government didn't enforce title VII of the CRA which banned discrimination in employment on basis of sex
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What happened to flight attendents in thr 60's?
1967= women brought attention to problems of flight attendants, so a flight attendant union was established, in 1968 airlines agreed women could marry, 1972= men could become flight attendants
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What strike happened in 1970?
1970= a strike for equality, 100,000 women joined and dumped their children on husbands desk
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What did the Kinsey Sex Survey of 1948-52 show?
68% of males and 50% of females had pre-marital sex, 37% of males and 13% of females had at least one homosexual experience, 8% of males and 4% of females had some kind of sex with animals
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What happened to sexual liberalisation in the 60's?
number of unmarried couples living together rose from 250,000 in 1950 to 2 million in 1980, single white women having sex was 25% in the 50's and 50% in 1972, percentage of babies born outside of marriage rose
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What were the rights of gays in the 60's?
homosexuality was illegal, homosexuals were considered perverted, homosexuality considered a mental illness until 1972,struggled to gain acceptance
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What were the 1969 stonewall riots?
homosexuals at stonewall inn fought back against police, triggering 5 days if riots with a hundred participating- seen as the start of Gay rights
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What were the national Mobalization to end war?

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