It was characterized in many ways Hippies were hip people who wanted to look differentwear the latest fashions Generally urban dwellers white and middleclass A loosening of sexual morality changed as young people wanted freedom in personal choices ID: 709677
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The Counterculture
Young people of the 1960s and 1970s embraced values that went against what had been mainstream, traditional cultureIt was characterized in many ways:Slide2
Hippies
were “hip” people who wanted to look different—wear the latest fashionsGenerally urban dwellers, white, and middle-classSlide3Slide4Slide5
A loosening of sexual morality changed as young people wanted freedom in personal choices
Birth ControlCommunal livingSex outside of marriageSlide6
Because of the sexual revolution, from 1960s-mid-80s:
The birth rate declinedAbortions increasedUnwed mothers became commonDivorce cases roseSlide7
Psychedelic drugs such as marijuana and LSD became popular among the youth
Contributed to a “care free” attitudeSlide8
There was talk of “flower power” and the peace sign became iconicSlide9
San Francisco and New York became popular centers of the counterculture movementSlide10Slide11Slide12
New music replaced the rock and roll and folk music of earlier
BeatlesRolling StonesJimi HendrixJanis Joplin
Bob DylanSlide13
The Woodstock festival of 1969 was a historic gathering that exhibited a culmination of the era’s counterculture
“three days of peace, music, and love”Slide14