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Changing Times in American History: The 1960sSlide2
Thomas Jefferson Quote
“Every generation needs
a new revolution.”
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The Sixties
Major Changes
Space Age
Popular Culture
The New Right
Vatican II
Civil Rights
Computers
Motown
The New Left
End of the Protestant Ascendancy Social RevolutionAnti-War MovementDrug CultureSexual Revolution Hard Rock
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Facts About This Decade
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1960s
Category2000s
177,830,000
Population
300,000,000
3,852,000 (2.2%)
Unemployment
15,000,000 (5%)
$286.3 Billion
National Debt
$13.56 Trillion
$4,743
Average Annual Salary
$45,113
$5,174
Average Teacher's Salary
$51,000
$1.00/hr
Average Minimum Wage
$7.35/hr
66.6 years
Life Expectancy: Males
75.6 years
73.1 years
Life Expectancy: Females
80.8 years
21.3Auto deaths per 100,000 15
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The Sixties: Counterculture
Sociological term used to describe the values and behaviors of a cultural group or subgroup that runs counter to the social mainstream.
In the United States, the term became popular in the 1960s to refer to the social revolution that swept through the nation.
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The Sixties: Counterculture
The counterculture of the 1960s included young people’s rejection of:Conventional social normsPolitical segregation
Vietnam War
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The Sixties: Counterculture
Members of the counterculture were predominately white, upper-middle class youth.
They were the first group of young people who had sufficient leisure time to raise concerns about social issues.
Vietnam War, Sexual Revolution, Gay Liberation, Women’s Rights, Drug Use Civil Rights
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The Sixties: Counterculture
The Generation Gap
As the Sixties progressed, tensions developed along generational linesVietnam WarRace relations
Sex
Drug use
Authority
Materialistic view of the American Dream
Over 30
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The Great Society
Civil Rights Act War on Poverty- Welfare
Medicare and Medicaid ESEA Act of 1965PBS, NEH and NEA
Higher Education Act
Urban Transportation Act
Etc.
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Vietnam
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The Vietnam War
Fighting between the North and SouthThe United States aided the SouthDomino TheoryU.S. vs. Soviet Union and Communist China
Conflict continues
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The Vietnam War
Public opinion now dividedWalter Cronkite My Lai MassacreConscientious Objector
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The Sixties: Anti-war Movement
The anti-war movement rose out of student reaction to the draftWhen the draft ended, all college protest ended1965 bombing of North Vietnam Universities became the focal point, but the movement had become broad based
Teach-ins, Sit-ins Kent State shootingsCICERO © 2012
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The Sixties: Anti-war Movement
Fifth Avenue, NYC, 1966 Protest March
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The Sixties: Anti-war Movement
Kent State Shootings: May 4, 1970
Source: John Paul Filo, student and News Director of campus radio station
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Assassinations
Medgar EversJohn F. KennedyMalcolm XMartin Luther KingRobert Kennedy
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The Sixties: Civil Rights Movement
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The Sixties: New Left
C. Wright MillsCountercultureEstablishment/Anti-establishmentStudents for a Democratic Society
Tom Hayden Abbie Hoffman Jerry Rubin
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Silent Majority
Most youth in the Sixties were not counterculture.Conservative Concerns:
The Cold War, the Vietnam War, Crime Protest Demonstrations, anti-Great Society, pro-smaller government and pro-tax cuts.
The Election of 1968
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Nixon: A Conservative??
Creates EPACreates OSHACreates Affirmative ActionLowers speed limits to 55 mph, nationally
Promoted Legacy Parks ProgramIntroduced the Comprehensive Health Insurance ActFreezes Wages
Freezes PricesEnds War in Vietnam
Opens China
Détente with the USSR
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The Sixties: Legacy
Liberal ViewsPolitical ActivismEqual Rights: 1964, 1965
“culture of excess”Vietnam SyndromePresident Johnson’s “Great Society”
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The Sixties: Music
Changes in popular music: Standards – Crosby, Sinatra, Davis, Martin, Como, Cole
Doo-Wop to Rock ’n’ Roll Elvis Presley, Bill Haley, Buddy Holly, Little Richard
Singer songwriters: Bob Dylan, Four Seasons, Lennon-McCartney, Jim Morrison, Brian Wilson
Social implications: music and the musicians
lifestyles, fashions, attitudes, and language
Motown, British Invasion, Surf Sound, Acid Rock
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The Musicians
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The Sixties: References
Jonathan Neale, The American War
Brian Longhurst, Popular Music and SocietyPaul Lyons,
New Left, New Right, and the Legacy of the Sixties
James Farrell,
The Spirit of the Sixties
Michael W. Flamm, David Steigerwald,
Debating the 1960s
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