Groups of the 1970's by Moriah Jensen https://padlet.com/jensemor000/x39vpvmvn8h5 USH 10 Project on the late 1960's-1970's en-us 2017-04-26 16:55:09 UTC 2017-05-08 17:58:15 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Balance.png The Silent Majority jensemor000 https://padlet.com/jensemor000/x39vpvmvn8h5/wish/168439821
Start:  "The Silent Majority" was a term coined by President Nixon. It was what he called the group of Americans who did not openly participate in politics or movements. Often, he would call on them to openly support him and raise awareness for "peace with honor." Over time, though, antiwar protestors took the term and redefined it to suit their purposes. Over the years there have been other presidents to also use the term.

Goals:  The goals of the Silent Majority were similar to Nixon's; they wanted the war to be over but they wanted to end the conflict with warfare AKA "peace with honor". However, they made no visible effort to make this known. That is why they are the Silent Majority.

Methods:  The Silent Majority was just that, silent. The only notable backlash members of the group exhibited was the Hard Hat riot of 1970 when construction workers fought against antiwar protesters. ]]> 2017-04-26 17:01:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jensemor000/x39vpvmvn8h5/wish/168439821 The Gray Panthers jensemor000 https://padlet.com/jensemor000/x39vpvmvn8h5/wish/168440086
Start:  The group was started when Maggie Kuhn was forced to retire at age 65, even though she felt she could continue to work. She created the group to fight against social injustices against the elderly and to fight against other general causes.

Goals:  The group wanted better national health care, to change the mandatory retirement age, to promote Consumer Protection, and to support other various causes (ending the Vietnam War, supporting LGBT rights, African American Rights, etc.) Another main goal was to get the young and the elderly to work together for common aims.
 
Methods:  
  • non-violent protests
  • marches
  • rallies/speeches
]]> 2017-04-26 17:01:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jensemor000/x39vpvmvn8h5/wish/168440086 African American Rights jensemor000 https://padlet.com/jensemor000/x39vpvmvn8h5/wish/168440324
Start:  The Civil Rights movement began in 1955 with the boycotting of public transportation by African-Americans inspired my Rosa Parks. Other African-Americans joined in the movement to take their proper and deserved place in American Society. The actions of the group in the 1970's were mainly to defend previous victories and strengthening their defenses.

Goals:  The Civil Rights Movement's goals included ensuring the desegregation of public facilities (schools, bus/train stations, etc.), recieving equal payment from work places, and gaining general, Constitutional, fundamental human rights.

Methods:  
Non-Violent -
  • marches
  • speeches/rallies
  • sit-ins
Violent - 
  • marches
  • mobs/rallies/speeches
]]> 2017-04-26 17:02:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jensemor000/x39vpvmvn8h5/wish/168440324 Environmentalists jensemor000 https://padlet.com/jensemor000/x39vpvmvn8h5/wish/168440497
Start:  The Environmentalist began in the 1960's as a response to an atomic bomb test, oil spills, and general pollution (but especially the Great Lakes). The group focused on a more traditional sense of conservation and preservation during the 1960's-70's. The movement has evolved to rally against more global and technological causes of pollution.

Goals:  Environmentalists focused mostly on preserving America's wilderness and natural landscapes, conserving natural resources, and preventing disaster such as wildfires, oil spills, etc.

Methods:  
  • peaceful protests
  • rallies/speeches
  • marches/movements (Earth Day)  
  • Love Canal Hostage situation
]]> 2017-04-26 17:03:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jensemor000/x39vpvmvn8h5/wish/168440497 Native American Rights (AIM) jensemor000 https://padlet.com/jensemor000/x39vpvmvn8h5/wish/168440603
Start:  The American Indian Movement began in order to protest police brutality and eventually demanding general human rights and ancestral rights. They also wanted to re-establish permanent treaties that could not be changed or ignored, unlike the ones made by their ancestors in previous decades.

Goals: The group's main goals were to re-establish treaties between the Native Americans and the United States government, gain general Constitutional rights, and to decrease the poverty of their demographic.

Methods:  
  • Militant marches/protests
  • seizures of government buildings
  • massacres
  • seizures of individual towns

]]> 2017-04-26 17:03:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jensemor000/x39vpvmvn8h5/wish/168440603 Works Cited jensemor000 https://padlet.com/jensemor000/x39vpvmvn8h5/wish/168440846 http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Gray+Panthers
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/civil-rights-movement
http://photos.state.gov/libraries/mumbai/498320/fernandesma/June_2012_001.pdf
https://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2013/03/02/the-financial-districts-hard-hat-riot-of-1970/
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtid=2&psid=3348]]> 2017-04-26 17:04:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jensemor000/x39vpvmvn8h5/wish/168440846 jensemor000 https://padlet.com/jensemor000/x39vpvmvn8h5/wish/168944463 2017-04-28 17:38:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jensemor000/x39vpvmvn8h5/wish/168944463