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The Rights Revolution Expands

The Rights Revolution Expands. Targets. Analyze the Latino and Native American rights movements of the 60’s and 70’s Describe the expansion of rights for consumers and the disabled. Activism and Government. UFW AIM Chicano Movement National Indian Youth Council

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The Rights Revolution Expands

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  1. The Rights Revolution Expands

  2. Targets • Analyze the Latino and Native American rights movements of the 60’s and 70’s • Describe the expansion of rights for consumers and the disabled

  3. Activism and Government • UFW • AIM • Chicano Movement • National Indian Youth Council • Japanese American Citizens League • OSHA • Special Olympics Does government perpetuate poverty on reservations? Your new password for your Stossel in the Classroom account is: minibabity http://www.stosselintheclassroom.org/videos/native_americans/

  4. The Latino Population Grows • The need for laborers led to changing immigration laws • The Immigration and Nationality Act amendment of 1965 • A sharp increase occurred in the number of Mexicans and other Latinos entering the United States.

  5. Pressing for Equal Rights In the 1960s, Latinos pressed for an end to discrimination in the workplace, schools, housing, and voting rights.

  6. Fought for rights for farm laborers Migrant workers worked fro farm to farm, deplorable conditions, no benefits Organized United Farm Workers (UFW) Organized boycott which led to legal changes Cesar Chavez 1927-1993 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7GCCBIgFaQ

  7. Native Americans Battle Discrimination • Native Americans were inspired by the growing civil rights movement to expand their own push for new rights during the 1960s. • AIM (American Indian Movement) focused on urban ghettos- then to civil rights issues • 1972 March from SF to Washington DC briefly taking control of BIA Occupation of Alcatraz: 1969 – 1971

  8. Wounded Knee - 1970 • AIM took over the village (1890 massacre of Sioux occurred there) and refused to leave until the government agreed to investigate the condition of reservation Indians. • 2 AIM members died in the siege • Led to Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (greater control over resources and education on reservations) http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7jyrx_wounded-knee-massacre-1890-and-1970_news

  9. Asian Americans Issues • Japanese Americans tried to receive compensation for losses in American due to WWII http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MooPi2Ycuxo&feature=related

  10. Other Movements http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeHqKYkVfNg

  11. New Rights for Consumers and the Disabled • New laws were passed protecting consumers and mandating workplace safety regulations. • The government also began exploring ways to help people with disabilities. • Ralph Nadar – attorney started many consumer advocacy groups

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