The 1960s was not such a great time in the United States. There was a pointless war across the pacific‚ with thousands of Americans dying each year. Also there were problems on the homeland‚ African-Americans were not getting treated right‚ politicians were corrupt‚ and many people were not happy the way America was moving forward. Music had a big impact on this movement. There are two songs that tried to make people use physical force to stop the corruption of the government. The first song
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The 1960s were a tumultuous decade‚ the country was being rocked by social turmoil‚ and we were at war in Vietnam. However‚ out of this tumultuousness the country arose as a more just‚ culturally diverse‚ and politically tolerant nation that it had been in the previous decade. A great example of how the country changed for the better are the student movements that took place protesting the war in Vietnam. Never before in the history of the nation had such a group arisen to protest a war that the
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In Uneven Ground‚ the author Ronald D. Eller narrates the economic‚ political‚ and social change of Appalachia after World War II. He writes “persistent unemployment and poverty set Appalachia off as a social and economic problem area long before social critic Michael Harrington drew attention to the region as part of the “other America” in 1962.”(pp.2) Some of the structural problems stated by Eller include problems of land abuse‚ political corruption‚ economic shortsightedness‚ and the loss of
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thoughts and feelings of many but helped shape how they responded to these changes and conflicts. During each decade popular culture played a significant part in motivating large numbers of people to act for and achieve change. Popular culture in the 1960’s‚ e.g. Sex‚ Drugs‚ Rock and Roll‚ helps historians understand how changes reflected and influenced the thoughts of that time. Youths began to think that taking drugs and having sex was a natural and ‘trendy’ thing to carry out. The decade saw major
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I chose to interview my step mother’s grandparents for my 1960s interview paper. I interviewed them Saturday‚ February 13 at their home in Zanesville‚ Ohio. Her grandfather’s name in Andy and her grandmother’s name is Karen. In 1960‚ they were both 19 years old. I chose them for this interview because they were alive and well during the 60s and because I believe the 60s were a very impactful time period for them. The most horrific time of the 60s for them was when Russia was going to bring missiles
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Youth‚ and Popular Culture in the 1960s 1960s is one of the most transformative decades on the timeline of America‚ though those old days were gone now‚ its impacts were still so eventful and momentous that they cannot be neglected even in nowadays (which is already half a century away from then on). The impacts were mostly on popular culture‚ it had changed people’s view on societies and it had also increased people’s capabilities and tolerance on different cultures‚ or more specifically‚ countercultures
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The 1960’s were‚ in my opinion the most influential decade in the history of the world. Some people went from being preppy‚ well-kept human beings to turning into long-haired‚ earth- loving and careless people. When the citizens of today look back at the ‘60s‚ they think of one of the happiest decades their generation has ever seen if not the happiest they’ve ever went through. The “hippies” stressed that everybody be happy‚ calm and find peace through love and tolerance. This means that everybody
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Has the American dream changed from what it used to be in the 1960’s? In the 1960’s the American dream was gaining equal rights for women and people of minority races. During that time Civil Rights activist Martin Luther King jr. gave a speech simply stating that people who have been neglected rights that were clearly stated in the Declaration of Independence saying‚ "that all men are created equal..." The very act of taking away rights from men of color and women in general goes against that declaration
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The 1960’s were years full of change; nations were still recovering from WWII and new national identities were being formed. Canada was no different. Following WWII‚ the country experienced “fifteen years of deceptive calm‚” so the sudden‚ forceful revolution within Québec shocked the country as well as the province itself. The revolution shook the foundations of nationalism‚ and strained the relationship between French Canada and English Canada more than ever before. During this period‚ extremist
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How far do you agree that the opposition to the Civil Rights Movement did more to help the movement than to hinder it? The Civil rights movement from 1955-1968 faced opposition from a variety of different individuals‚ groups and institutions. In some ways the opposition helped the movement to progress‚ but for the most part‚ the strong opposition hindered the movements success. In terms of federal opposition‚ none of the presidents opposed the actual objectives of the civil rights movement
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