Robert Vahrenhold SS310: Exploring the 1960’s: An Interdisciplinary Approach Prof. William Rookstoolii Cold War Assignment During the 1960’s‚ one of the most thing that the American government and the American people had to face was the Cold War. People who grew up during the 1950’s‚ 60’s‚ and 70’s would have talked about the war like it was an everyday thing. But‚ as the years and decades have gone by people have might have a different option and some might not even know or remember what
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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 Sexual Revolution of the 1960’s Sex and the 1960’s The 1960’s was a decade of many changes‚ revolutions‚ and experiments including the sexual revolution brought on by the ’sixties generation’. Free love was a popular term coined in the later sixties that meant everyone should love each other‚ sexually and non sexually. This was the first time in history that sex was not something only men could enjoy but women too. What came from this revolution was birth control‚ knowledge of the female
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one of the most crucial time periods of music‚ leading to the music evolution into the music we hear today‚ especially for rock fans like myself‚ is the 1960’s. America during the 1960’s was a time a change‚ it was a time of new ideals in an ever growing country‚ in an attempt to leave behind the remnants of a republican’s dream society of 9 to 5’s‚ in a suburban wonderland with the wife and kids. to be replaced with a society that emphasis
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socially on the basis of (their) race…” (Book 205)‚ which is defined as “a group of people who share a set of characteristics…deemed by society as being socially significant” (book207). Ironically‚ racial segregation continues today in the form of racial residential segregation‚ which is a persistent and complicated problem that was not solved through the “civil rights movement of the 1960’s” (Book 207). However‚ to thoroughly understand why racial residential segregation continues‚ the social factors
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In the era of the 1960’s America faced problems which new to the country. Problems like antiwar rallies‚ civil rights movements‚ and assassinations of some of the greatest men that ever made an impact on society. The horror of the Vietnam War spreading through the nation from media‚ and the continuous fight to have equality was just too much for some. The 1960’s brought even the President of The United States to his knees. The 1960’s had many changes in the goals‚ the strategies‚ and the civil rights
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The 1960s was arguably one of the most influential decades in the USA. After experiencing victory in WWII and the postwar booms in both strong economic growth and high employment numbers in the 1950s‚ many American believed that they were at a golden age at the beginning of the 1960s. Sociologists expected to see a low crime rate across the nation as a result (Pinker 2013). Ironically‚ a huge crime surge happened to the 1960s America‚ and it was only just the beginning of many years followed. The
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that the challenges in America originates from the destabilization of families. Since the 1960’s there has been a tremendous change in society. Advanced technology has played a significant role in thinning the relationships in families. Additionally‚ new laws and learning methods has been introduced to propose a new way of raising children. America has become susceptible to issues that were condemn in the 1960’s. As a result of technology‚ various ways of communication access and friendship development
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Two eras in time were the 1930’s and 1960’s. Both of these two periods in time are interesting in their own ways. Also people usually think the 1960’s were all about fun which wasn’t always true. In addition people think that a main event in the 30’s was the Great Depression which in fact is true but there’s more to the 30’s than most people think. There are many seminaries and differences in these two are fashion‚ inventions/technology‚ and music. Three similarities between them are the people involved
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in the deep south‚ racism began to rise on the forefront. During the 1960’s racism in the south was part of everyday life‚ racism was so bad Negros were dropping left and right. America is a culture of many races‚ to understand segregation and the level of its severity‚ we have to understand the problems blacks and whited have. Those problems are bitter and unfair treatment of blacks and segregation among everyday life. The 1960’s were climactic point in America history‚ America was forged in the fires
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