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Unit 8: Period 8: 1945–1980

The Civil Rights Movement Expands

Explain how feminist, gay rights, Latino, American Indian and Asian American movements pressed for equality and redress from 1960 to 1980, and who pushed back.

Topic 8.11 · 15 min read

This lesson comes with the AP United States History plan

In this lesson

  1. 01Why the movement spread after 1964
  2. 02Feminism: equal rights and women's liberation
  3. 03Gay and lesbian liberation
  4. 04Latino, American Indian and Asian American movements
  5. 05Worked examples
  6. 06Where students lose points
  7. 07On the exam

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